Sane Quotes

Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.

Only the insane have strength enough to survive. Only the survivors determine what is sane.

What frightens us most in a madman is his sane conversation.

A sane person to an insane society must appear insane.

An asylum for the sane would be empty in America.

No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.

What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?

I remained too much inside my head and ended up losing my mind.

Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you.

Insane people are always sure that they are fine.

It is only the sane people who are willing to admit that they are crazy.

In things pertaining to enthusiasm, no man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.

If we couldn't laugh, we would all go insane.

We want a few mad people now. See where the sane ones have landed us!

In a mad world, only the mad are sane.

We go by the major vote, and if the majority are insane, the sane must go to the hospital.

Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible God and destroys a visible Nature. Unaware that this is Nature he's destroying is this God he's worshiping.

Every man has a sane spot somewhere.

In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom!

I've managed to keep a clear head and remain sane in this business because I remain a kid off-camera.

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.

The way it is now, the asylums can hold the sane people but if we tried to shut up the insane we would run out of building materials.

The wonder is always new that any sane man can be a sailor.

We take our bearings, daily, from others. To be sane is, to a great extent, to be sociable.

I'm a writer. Therefore. I am not sane.

I write songs that are like diary entries. I have to do it in order to feel sane.

There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad.

A sane mind should not be guilty of a logical fallacy, yet there are very fine minds incapable of following mathematical demonstrations.

Some lose all mind and become soul, insane. Some lose all soul and become mind, intellectual. Some lose both and become accepted.

My childhood was safe and sane. No abuse and no traumas. I was surrounded by a large and loving family who taught me the importance of hard work and a meaningful education.

The world will change when women reclaim their power as the sane, nurturing hands of love, which are ever reaching to cultivate a world of beauty, safety and harmony.

It is rarely that you see an American writer who is not hopelessly sane.

The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who is able to think things out for himself... Almost inevitably, he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, and intolerable.

A civilized man is one who will give a serious answer to a serious question.

Civilization itself is a certain sane balance of values.

Assent -- and you are sane -- , demur -- you're straightway dangerous -- , and handled with a Chain -- .

That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane human being has ever given his assent.

What kept me sane was knowing that things would change, and it was a question of keeping myself together until they did.

No matter what a man does, he is not fully sane or human unless there is a spirit of freedom in him, a soul unconfined by purpose and larger than the practicable world.

No sane person should believe that something is subjective merely because it cannot be settled beyond controversy.

I hate playing pretty or sane people. Most people are not attractive or all there.

I try and have family time, all the time, so you know, I get to see them a lot.

And I'm always with my friends, my boyfriend, it helps me keep grounded and kind of sane.

Mixing humour and harsh reality is a very human behaviour, it's the way people stay sane in their daily lives.

San Francisco is a mad city - inhabited for the most part by perfectly insane people whose women are of a remarkable beauty.

One can only guess the amount of magic mushrooms a sane person would have to consume to believe that a frisbee constituted a genuine threat to roughly 3,000 police officers.

There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for ones own safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didnt, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didnt have to; but if he didnt want to he was sane and had to. Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle.

I believe that if we really want human brotherhood to spread and increase until it makes life safe and sane, we must also be certain that there is no one true faith or path by which it may spread. But it is not easy to banish the notion that there can be universal brotherhood just as soon as everybody gives up his faith and accepts ours. That day may never come, for the richness of human diversity cannot be abolished any more than Mars or Jupiter. Difference is the nature of life, it is part of our moral Universe. Without difference, life would become lifeless.

I think my biggest achievement is that after going through a rather difficult time, I consider myself comparatively sane. I'm proud of that.

Roast Beef, medium, is not only a food.

It is a philosophy. Seated at Life's Dining Table, with the menu of Morals before you, your eye wanders a bit over the entr?es, the hors d'oeuvres, and the things ? la though you know that Roast Beef, medium, is safe and sane, and sure.

Friends will keep you sane, Love could fill your heart, A lover can warm your bed, But lonely is the soul without a mate.

The danger of the past was that men became slaves.

The danger of the future is that men may become robots. True enough, robots do not rebel. But given man's nature, robots cannot live and remain sane, they become Golems, they will destroy their world and themselves because they cannot stand any longer the boredom of a meaningless life.

There are people who believe everything is sane and sensible that is done with a solemn face.

Men are mad most of their lives; few live sane, fewer die so. The acts of people are baffling unless we realize that their wits are disordered. Man is driven to justice by his lunacy.

Madness is tonic and invigorating. It makes the sane more sane. The only ones who are unable to profit by it are the insane.

I have always been principally interested in men for sex.

I've always thought any sane woman would be a lover of women because loving men is such a mess. I have always wished I'd fall in love with a woman. Damn.

Prayer, among sane people, has never superseded practical efforts to secure the desired end.

We may be through with the past, but the past is not through with us.

Ideas of the Stone Age exist side by side with the latest scientific thought. Only a fraction of mankind has emerged from the Dark Ages, and in the most lucid brains, as Logan Pearsall Smith has said, we come upon nests of woolly caterpillars. Seemingly sane men entrust their wealth to stargazers and their health to witch doctors. Giant planes throb through the stratosphere, but half their passengers are wearing magic amulets and are protected from harm by voodoo incantations. Hotels boast of express elevators and a telephone in every room, but omit thirteen from all floor and room numbers lest their guests be ill at ease.

I have had work or ideas come through me from a source that I honestly cannot identify. What is that thing? And how are we to relate to it in a way that will not make us lose our minds, but, in fact, might actually keep us sane?

Why do otherwise sane, competent, strong men, men who can wrestle bears or raid corporations, shrink away in horror at the thought of washing a dish or changing a diaper?

Golf has probably kept more people sane than psychiatrists have.

In order to achieve optimal economic growth, Congress must adhere to sane spending guidelines while promoting smart policies devoted to growing businesses and creating jobs.