“The wise understand that we are all somewhat mad. Therefore, what we should aim for is not sanity, but a wise, knowledgeable and self possessed relationship to our manifold insanities, or what might be termed ‘sane insanity’. The sane insane differ from the simply insane by virtue of the honest and accurate grasp that they have on what is not entirely right with them. They may not be wholly balanced, but they don't have the additional folly of insisting on their normalcy. They can admit with good grace- and no particular loss of dignity- that of course they are rather peculiar in myriad ways. They lay bare the fears, doubts, longings, desires and habits that don't belong to the story we like to tell ourselves about sanity. They warn others, as far as possible in advance of what being around them might involve- and apologize promptly for their failings as soon as they manifest themselves. They offer their friends and companions accurate maps to their craziness, which is about the most generous thing anyone can do for the people who have to endure us. The sane insane among us are not a special category of the mentally unwell: they represent the most evolved possibility for a mature human being.”

“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds”