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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Your quote:
ReplyDeleteThe 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.