#insanity

I am told that the clinical definition of insanity is the tenancy to do the same thing over and over again and expect different results. ↗

— Stephen F. Lynch

#am #clinical #definition #different #expect

If we were to gain God's perspective, even for a moment, and were to look at the way we go through life accumulating and hoarding and displaying our things, we would have the same feelings of horror and pity that any sane person has when he views people in an asylum endlessly beating their heads against the wall. ↗

— Randy Alcorn

#christianity #clarity #display #hoarding #horror

The conundrum of sanity and insanity, is that it serves us to be some of each. It's really only a question of degrees. You cannot possibly be 100% adjusted and live in this INSANE world. A little bit of crazy is a coping skill. ↗

— Kelli Jae Baeli

#insane #insanity #philosophy-of-life #sane #sanity

Vaughn is talking about the heat, and his voice is so excited that it breaks into whispers at times. He loves his madness the way a bird loves the sky. ↗

— Lauren DeStefano

#insanity #madness #sever #the-chemical-garden-trilogy #vaughn

There is not much left to see in this world if one sees her once. ↗

— Faraaz Kazi

#love #love-at-first-sight #love

Perfect sanity is a myth propagated by straitjacket salesmen. ↗

— Rebecca McKinsey

#humor #insanity #myth #sanity #humor

The idlest minds are those that inhabit the busiest bodies. The busiest minds are those that inhabit mental hospitals. Love is what occurs in that order. ↗

— Bauvard

#funny #humor #insanity #love #funny

He claimed that nearby gun thunder cleared the mind - but most everybody else agreed it made you daft. ↗

— Vernor Vinge

#insanity #war #humor

I attributed the incidence to temporary insanity, and in my own defense, I'd like to say I haven't run over anyone since. ↗

— Janet Evanovich

#money

I voluntarily inflicted a certain level of insanity on myself. ↗

— Jonathan Franzen

#certain level #i #inflicted #insanity #level