“To be sane in a world of madman is in itself madness.”
Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) Genevan philosopher
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“Oh yes! The one man in the world who never believes he's mad is the madman.”
L. Ron Hubbard (1911–1986) American science fiction author, philosopher, cult leader, and the founder of the Church of Scientology
In answer to the question as to whether he ever thought he might be quite mad. Granada Television documentary on Scientology http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_w-YWwC1lI#t=1503.
Matthieu Ricard (1946) French writer and Buddhist monk
Source: A Plea for the Animals (2014), Chapter 6, p. 132
Kenneth E. Boulding (1910–1993) British-American economist
Attributed to Kenneth Boulding in: United States. Congress. House (1973) Energy reorganization act of 1973: Hearings, Ninety-third Congress, first session, on H.R. 11510. p. 248
1970s
Variant: Anyone who believes in indefinite growth in anything physical, on a physically finite planet, is either mad or an economist.
Emma Wareus (1990) Miss Botswana 2010, 1st runner-up to Miss World 2010
http://www.universalqueen.com/2010/10/emma-wareus-miss-world-botswana-2010.html
Margaret Keane (1927) American artist
2014, Cited by Jesse Hamlin
“The world isn't a sad place, it's just big.”
Jean-Luc Godard (1930) French-Swiss film director, screenwriter and film critic
“The world would be a sad place without mysteries.”
David Gemmell book The King Beyond the Gate
Source: Drenai series, The King Beyond the Gate, Ch. 2