Everyone is more or less mad on one point.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Kipling observes that everyone has some irrational obsession or irrational focus point.
- In plain terms
- Everyone has at least one thing that drives them crazy.
- What can you take from it?
- Accept that everyone has flaws or obsessions.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What is your own irrational point?
- How do you handle others obsessions?
Another view
It might excuse harmful behavior by normalizing madness.
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