Excellent Madness quotes











Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who
locked in what cage.
       Ray Bradbury


Earth is an insane asylum, to which the other planets
deport their lunatics.
       Voltaire













The whole religious complexion of the modern world
is due to the absence from Jerusalem of a lunatic asylum.
       Thomas Paine











Being born into the Royal Family is like being born
into a mental asylum. Marrying into it is not something
to be taken lightly.
       Johnny Rotten



It's been my policy to view the Internet not as an 'information highway,' but as an electronic asylum filled with babbling loonies.
       Mike Royko



Reality is always controlled by the people who are most insane.
       Dogbert















Insanity -- a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world.
       R. D. Lang


I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity!
       Edgar Allan Poe


Ordinarily he was insane, but he had lucid moments
when he was merely stupid.
       Heinrich Heine


There is a pleasure sure in being mad,
which none but madmen know.
       Dryden 1681















See, the human mind is kind of like... a piñata. 
When it breaks open, there's a lot of surprises inside. 
Once you get the piñata perspective, you see that losing
your mind can be a peak experience. 
       Jane Wagner


Madness need not be all breakdown. 
It may also be break-through. 
       R.D. Laing














You're only given a little spark of madness. 
You mustn't lose it. 
       Robin Williams


Sanity is a cosy lie.
       Susan Sontag





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1 comment:

  1. Your quote:
    The whole religious complexion of the modern world
    is due to the absence from Jerusalem of a lunatic asylum.
    Thomas Paine

    ...is incorrectly credited to T. Paine. It is actually a Havelock Ellis quote.

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