I seem to remember asking myself if I was insane, and answering, ''Of couse I am - sanity is a compromise. Sanity is the thing that keeps one back.

Aleister Crowley
I seem to remember asking myself if I was insane,...
I seem to remember asking myself if I was insane,...
I seem to remember asking myself if I was insane,...
I seem to remember asking myself if I was insane,...
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In the movie “The Big Lebowski”, when the Dude is about to get dressed up in a suit and tie, he asks himself, "Is this what they call a 'sensible man's outfit' or is this a completely mad outfit?” The Dude believes himself to be sane, but believes that sanity is a compromise. The Dude believes that sanity keeps people from going out and doing crazy things. If you are sane, then you can’t go out and do crazy things. However, insanity only makes you go out and do crazy things.

If you are sane, then you can’t do insane things. This suggests that sanity is only a compromise.

Source: Diary Of A Drug Fiend

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