441 Quotes About Sanity

In a mad world, only the mad are sane.

When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

Flirting with madness was one thing; when madness started flirting back, it was time to call the whole thing off.

Now this is the point. You fancy me a mad. Madmen know nothing. But you should have seen me. You should have seen how wisely I proceeded...

One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.

The sole difference between myself and a madman is the fact that I am not mad!

Was everybody seeing this stuff and acting as though they weren't? Was insanity just a matter of dropping the act?

When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.

Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked. Good mental machinery ought to break its own wheels and levers, if anything is thrust among them suddenly which tends to stop them or reverse their motion. A weak mind does not accumulate force enough to hurt itself; stupidity often saves a man from going mad.