Would Alexander, madman as he was, have been so much a madman, had it not been for Homer?
There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad.
A dancer differeth from a madman only in length of time; one is mad so long as he liveth, the other while he danceth.
Wherever the choice has had to be made between the man of reason and the madman, the world has unhesitatingly followed the madman.
Every madman considers everyone else a madman.
The fool sees naught but folly; and the madman only madness. Yesterday I asked a foolish man to count the fools among us. He laughed and said, "This is too hard a thing to do, and it will take too long. Were it not better to count only the wise?"
The truth of life lies in the impulsiveness of matter. The mind of man has been poisoned by concepts. Do not ask him to be content, ask him only to be calm, to believe that he has found his place. But only the madman is really calm.
A madman and an arahant both smile, but the arahant knows why while the madman doesn't.
The real drug is to train like a madman, really like a madman.
Only the madman is absolutely sure.
Long and long has the grass been growing,
Long and long has the rain been falling,
Long has the globe been rolling round.
Only a madman would give good for evil
The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad.
Being mad is even pleasant. But only a madman understands that.
There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad.
Don't any of you realize there's only one life between that madman and the Presidency?