Fernando Pessoa Quotes

There is no insanity so devastating in man's life as utter sanity.

Our occasional madness is less wonderful than our occasional sanity.

If in life we are surrounded by death, so too in the health of our intellect by madness.

Of course, no man is entirely in his right mind at any time.

'Hamlet' is one of the most dangerous things ever set down on paper. All the big, unknowable questions like what it is to be a human being; the difference between sanity and insanity; the meaning of life and death; what's real and not real. All these subjects can literally drive you mad.

Worse than madness. Sanity.

It's true we're all a little insane.

All I want to be is normally insane.

Who then is sane? He who is not a fool.

Death is part of who we are. It guides us. It shapes us. It drives us to madness. Can you still be human if you have no mortal end

I am beginning to realize that "sanity" is no longer a value or an end in itself. The "sanity" of modern man is about as useful to him as the huge bulk and muscles of the dinosaur. If he were a little less sane, a little more doubtful, a little more aware of his absurdities and contradictions, perhaps there might be a possibility of his survival.

A lot of the time I'm semi-insane, but there is a slight bit of intelligence there.

Every man has a sane spot somewhere.

There's a big difference between sanity and insanity.

I think it's probably a good thing to be considered stable, but with a capacity for madness.

I could go on to speak of sanity as compared with insanity, decency as compared with vandalism, friendship as compared with rabies.

We're all not quite as sane as we pretend to be.

There is considerable danger that a man will be crazy between dinner and supper; but it will not directly answer any good purposethat I know of, and it is just as easy to be sane.

It wouldn't make for sanity would it, living with the devil.

I have toyed with the idea of playing it straight. But, like I say, I really believe we are all out of our minds at some level.

Many that are not mad have, sure, more lack of reason.

You’ve got to be crazy! It’s too late to be sane, too late. You’ve got to go full tilt bozo... ‘Cause you’re only given a little spark of madness... and if you lose that, you’re nothing

Sanity is a compromise.

The sane man knows that he has a touch of the beast, a touch of the devil, a touch of the saint, a touch of the citizen. Nay, the really sane man knows that he has a touch of the madman.

In an insane world, sanity made very little sense.