83 Quotes About Sane

Most sane human beings’ chances of being alive in a thousand years’ time are a hundred times higher than their chances of being sincerely happy for at least ten consecutive days.

Almost everything that will be said or done by someone who is suspected of being insane will seem to confirm that suspicion.

Most sane people feel happy way less often than they act happy.

People who smile while they are alone used to be called insane, until we invented smartphones and social media.

It's possible that Knight believed he was one of the few sane people left. He was confounded by the idea that passing the prime of your life in a cubicle, spending hours a day at a computer, in exchange for money, was considered acceptable, but relaxing in a tent in the woods was disturbed. Observing the trees was indolent; cutting them down was enterprising. What did Knight do for a living? He lived for a living.

When you are with any of the vast majority of sane people who can talk, silence is usually as infrequent—and definitely as brief—as the sound of a fart.

Reality now and again becomes like a vengeful troll, and most notably, when it comes to passion: When reality and passion divorce, it makes passion look crazy.

If we had to earn our age by thinking for ourselves at least once a year, only a handful of people would reach adulthood.

Boredom is probably more frequent and more tormenting if you do not have sight or hands.