In order to act, you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.

In order to act, you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting
different results.

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting
different results.

They call me mad, while they are all mad themselves.
[Lat., Hei mihi, insanire me ajunt, ultro cum ipsi read more

They call me mad, while they are all mad themselves.
[Lat., Hei mihi, insanire me ajunt, ultro cum ipsi insaniunt.]

I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people.

I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people.

For me, insanity is super sanity. The normal is psychotic. Normal means lack of imagination, lack of creativity.

For me, insanity is super sanity. The normal is psychotic. Normal means lack of imagination, lack of creativity.

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

My dear Sir, take any road, you can't go amiss. The whole state
is one vast insane asylum.

My dear Sir, take any road, you can't go amiss. The whole state
is one vast insane asylum.

We are not ourselves
When nature, being oppressed, commands the mind
To suffer with the body.

We are not ourselves
When nature, being oppressed, commands the mind
To suffer with the body.

O, hark! what mean those yells and cries?
His chain some furious madman breaks;
He comes--I see read more

O, hark! what mean those yells and cries?
His chain some furious madman breaks;
He comes--I see his glaring eyes:
Now, now, my dungeon grate he shakes.
Help! Help! He's gone!--O fearful woe,
Such screams to hear, such sights to see!
My brain, my brain,--I know, I know
I am not mad but soon shall be.