A Quote by R. D. Laing

Insanity - a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world.

R. D. Laing

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R. D. Laing
Scottish - Psychologist
October 7, 1927 - August 23, 1989

Insanity is a perfectly natural adjustment to a totally unnatural and negative environment.

R. D. Laing

As a whole part of "psychological education" it needs to be remembered that a neurosis can be valuable; also that "adjustment" to a sick and insane environment is of itself not "health" but sickness and insanity.

James Agee

There is an area of the mind that could be called unsane, beyond sanity, and yet not insane. Think of a circle with a fine split in it. At one end there's insanity. You go around the circle to sanity, and on the other end of the circle, close to insanity, but not insanity, is unsanity.

Sidney Cohen

...we all know that in all matters of mere opinion that [every] man is insane-just as insane as we are...we know exactly where to put our finger upon his insanity: it is where his opinion differs from ours....All Democrats are insane, but not one of them knows it. None but the Republicans. All the Republicans are insane, but only the Democrats can perceive it. The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane.

Mark Twain

Life is absolutely insane. Yes, life is insane but the great wisdom lies in choosing your insanity wisely.

Paulo Coelho

In the world of minor lunacy the behaviour of both the utterly rational and the totally insane seems equally odd.

John Kenneth Galbraith

The definition of insanity in Texas is so insane that it's impossible to be insane in Texas.

Malcolm McDowell

She wished some help would come from outside. But in the whole world there was no help. Society was terrible because it was insane. Civilized society is insane. Money and so-called love are its two great manias; money a long way first. The individual asserts himself in his disconnected insanity in these two modes: money and love.

D. H. Lawrence

Anger is a choice, as well as a habit. It is a learned reaction to frustration, in which you behave in ways that you would rather not. In fact, severe anger is a form of insanity. You are insane whenever you are not in control of your behavior. Therefore, when you are angry and out of control, you are temporarily insane.

Wayne Dyer

Insanity is the only sane reaction to an insane society.

Unknown

I used to think 'King Lear' was an analysis of insanity, but I don't really think it is. When Lear is supposed to be at his most insane, he is actually understanding the world for the first time.

Ian Mckellen

Insanity is a very high art form. If everyone was insane, I wouldn't be here!

Rik Mayall

If he were insane, however, his was a very cool and collected insanity.

Charlotte Bronte

The Empire is the institution, the codification, of derangement; it is insane and imposes its insanity on us by violence, since its nature is a violent one.