Paulo Coelho Quotes About Madness

• Collective madness is called sanity.

  Paulo Coelho

  Madness, Sanity, Collectives

• Stay mad, but behave like normal people. Run the risk of being different, but learn to do so without attracting attention.

  Paulo Coelho

  Motivational, Running, Being Yourself

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Jun 29, 2014

• Once in a mental hospital, a person grows used to the freedom that exists in the world of madness and becomes addicted to it. You no longer have to take on responsibilities, to struggle to earn your daily bread, to be bothered with repetitive, mundane tasks. You could spend hours looking at a picture or making absurd doodles. Everything is torelated because, after all, the person is mentally ill.

  Paulo Coelho

  Struggle, Responsibility, Tasks

• The warrior knows that he is free to choose his desires, and he makes these decisions with courage, detachment, and - sometimes - with just a touch of madness.

  Paulo Coelho

  Warrior, Decision, Desire

• Every human being should keep alive within them the sacred flame of madness, but should behave as a normal person.

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  Life, Inspiration, Flames

• If he waits for the ideal moment, he will never set off; he requires a touch of madness to take the next step. The warrior uses that touch of madness. For - in both love and war - it is impossible to foresee everything.

  Paulo Coelho

  War, Waiting, Steps

• I think the big danger of madness is not madness itself, but the habit of madness. What I discovered during the time I spent in the asylum is that I could choose madness and spend my whole life without working, doing nothing, pretending to be mad. It was a very strong temptation.

  Paulo Coelho

  Strong, Thinking, Mad

• Those who are truly enlightened, those whose souls are illuminated by love, have been able to overcome all of the inhibitions and preconceptions of their era. They have been able to sing, to laugh, and to pray out loud; they have danced and shared what Saint Paul called 'the madness of saintliness'. They have been joyful - because those who love conquer the world and have no fear of loss. True love is an act of total surrender.

  Paulo Coelho

  Loss, Love Is, Conquer The World

• No life is complete without a touch of madness.

  Paulo Coelho

  Madness, Life Is

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Jul 05, 2014

• Every human being has the right to search for happiness, and by 'happiness' is meant something that makes other people feel content.
  Paulo Coelho Quotes From Like the Flowing River
  “Every human being should keep alive within them the sacred flame of madness, but should behave as a normal person.

  Paulo Coelho

  Flames, Rivers, People

• A good, true, intense love is not complete without madness.

  Paulo Coelho

  Love Is, Madness, Intense

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