3 Gilbert Keith Chesterton Quotes on Madness

Gilbert Keith Chesterton quotes on madness

116. I know of men who believe in themselves more colossally than Napoleon or Caesar. I know where flames the fixed star of certainty and success. I can guide you to the thrones of the Super-men. The men who really believe in themselves are all in lunatic asylums.

120. The sane man knows that he has a touch of the beast, a touch of the devil, a touch of the saint, a touch of the citizen. Nay, the really sane man knows that he has a touch of the madman. But the materialist's world is quite simple and solid, just as the madman is quite sure he is sane.

175. The great Gaels of Ireland Are the men that God made mad, For all their wars are merry, And all their songs are sad.