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.
“To be sane in a world of madman is in itself madness.”
“It's time to start believing — Oh yes.
Believing who you are: You are a shining star.”
Say You, Say Me.
Song lyrics, Dancing on the Ceiling (1986)
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.
“The shaman is not merely a sick man, or a madman; he is a sick man who has healed himself.”
Source: The Invisible Landscape: Mind, Hallucinogens & the I Ching
“A man who is of 'sound mind' is one who keeps his inner madman under lock and key.”
Source: Unsourced
“The sole difference between myself and a madman is the fact that I am not mad!”
“Madness is never that far away. It's as close as saying yes to the wrong impulse.”
Jim Carrey's Unnatural Act (1991)
Context: Madness is never that far away. It's as close as saying yes to the wrong impulse. The people who stay sane are the people who can make those quick decisions: "Should I stick my fingers into the fan, or leave the room right now?
"Should I run the blade of this razor across my tongue, or just finish shaving and move away from the sink?"
But you don't because luckily most of us have that little voice inside our head that says, "Uh uh uh, turning the car into oncoming traffic... is counterproductive!"
