Mad Sanity

Dr. Seuss on individuality

“Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you.” 

~Theodor Seuss Geisel

Cowper on clowning

"He who can command admiration dishonors himself, if he aims no higher than to raise a laugh." 

—William Cowper

Cormac on bad luck

"You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."

—Cormac McCarthy

Hall on affliction

"Not to be afflicted is a sign of weakness; for, therefore God imposeth no more on me, because he sees I can bear no more."

—Joseph Hall

 

R.C. on sovereignty

"If there is one maverick molecule in all the universe, then God is not sovereign. And if God is not sovereign, He is not God."

—R.C. Sproul

Dylan on identity

"All I can do is be me, whoever that is."

—Bob Dylan

Lowell on experience

"One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning."

—James Russell Lowell

McQueen on brevity

"Say only what's important and you own the scene."

—Steve McQueen

Madden on anxiety

"Don't worry about the horse being blind, just load the wagon."

—John Madden

The Duke on courage

"Courage is being scared to death and saddling up anyway."

—John Wayne

Packer on wisdom

"Wisdom will not go with comforting illusions, false sentiment, or the use of rose-colored glasses."

—J.I. Packer