Unbalanced Mind Quotes

A mood can be a dangerous state of mind, because it can crush reason under the weight of feeling.

Insanity - a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world.

… an illiterate with an unbalanced mind.

Insanity is a lack of proportion.

The first step towards madness is to think oneself wise.

A perverse nature can be stimulated by anything. Any book can be used as a pornographic instrument, even a great work of literature if the mind that so uses it is off-balance. I once found a small boy masturbating in the presence of the Victorian steel-engraving in a family Bible.

There are two contrary impulses which govern this man's brain-the one sane, and the other eccentric. They alternate at regular intervals.

Top-heavy was the ship as a dinnerless student with all Aristotle in his head.

Just as an unbalanced mind can accumulate stresses that can grow and take on a life of their own, so little decisions of our modern life can accumulate to the point where our society finds itself bombing other people for their oil, or supporting dictators who torture whole populations - all so that our unbalanced interests might be served.

Five exclamation marks, the sure sign of an insane mind.

The general opinion of Lugard is that he is a lunatic …