Madness is confusion of levels of fact. . . . Madness is not seeing visions but confusing levels.
That which an age considers evil is usually an unseasonable echo of what was formerly considered good - the atavism of an old ideal.
And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.
Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.
Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.
There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.
I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.
Does a bibliophile ever have enough room on his shelves? The answer is obvious: get more shelves.
When you're 25 or 30, you know, you can't wear lime-green eye shadow anymore.
A humble man who lives a spiritual life, when he reads the Holy Scriptures, while relate all things to himself and not to others.
I don't know a single person in life that doesn't have conflict.