Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtaxed.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Topics: Insanity Quotes

Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.

Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.

Greatness is not in where we stand, but in what direction we are moving. We...

Greatness is not in where we stand, but in what direction we are moving. We...

Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see...

Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see...

The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms. Very often it does...

The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms. Very often it does...

The books we read should be chosen with great care, that they may be, as...

The books we read should be chosen with great care, that they may be, as...

My fee, if I select the subject, is $150; if your committee selects the subject,...

My fee, if I select the subject, is $150; if your committee selects the subject,...

Consciously or unconsciously we all strive to make the kind of a world we like

Consciously or unconsciously we all strive to make the kind of a world we like

Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.

Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.

Our dead brothers still live for us and bid us think of life, not death...

Our dead brothers still live for us and bid us think of life, not death...

Writing or printing is like shooting with a rifle; you may hit your reader's mind,...

Writing or printing is like shooting with a rifle; you may hit your reader's mind,...

The mind, once expanded to the dimensions of larger ideas, never returns to its original...

The mind, once expanded to the dimensions of larger ideas, never returns to its original...

Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light

Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light

[I]t is revolting to have no better reason for a rule of law than that...

[I]t is revolting to have no better reason for a rule of law than that...

For him in vain the envious seasons roll, Who bears eternal summer in his soul.

For him in vain the envious seasons roll, Who bears eternal summer in his soul.

Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.

Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.

The bigot is like the pupil of the eye, the more light you put upon...

The bigot is like the pupil of the eye, the more light you put upon...

And silence, like a poultice, comes to heal the blows of sound

And silence, like a poultice, comes to heal the blows of sound

Silence is the virtue of fools.

Silence is the virtue of fools.

When money speaks, the truth is silent

When money speaks, the truth is silent

Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds...

Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds...