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Notable quotes

“Love, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage...”
— Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary.
“Racism is not something that is designated as an illness that can be treated by mental health professionals.”
— Renee Binder, doctor and Chairwoman of the American Psychiatric Association's Council on Psychiatry and Law, as quoted in "They Hate. They Kill. Are They Insane?", Alvin F. Poussaint, The New York Times, (1999).
“Insanity is repeating the same mistakes and expecting different results”
— 1981 text from Narcotics Anonymous
“Sanity is the realism required for psychic survival.”
— Adam Phillips, Going Sane (London: Hamish Hamilton, 2005), p. 110
“Sanity is madness put to good uses; waking life is a dream controlled.”
— George Santayana, Interpretations of Poetry and Religion (1900).
“I must confess that I lost faith in the sanity of the world.”
— H.G. Wells, The Island of Dr. Moreau.

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