“Greatness and madness are next door neighbours; and they borrow each other's sugar. You don't get there without the other.” NextDoorsGreatnessMadnessMmaSugarNeighbour Author:Joe Rogan
“I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.” WantSaidMotivationalActionDeathGrowsKindnessGreatnessFlowerMadnessThoughtfulLove And KindnessAchieve GreatnessGardening And GodThistlesSummer Garden Book:The Lincoln treasury Source: The Lincoln treasury
“A people that has remained convinced of its greatness and invulnerability, that has chosen to believe such a myth in the face of all the evidence, is a people in the grip of a kind of sleep, or madness.” PeopleBelieveKindFacesSleepGreatnessEvidenceMadnessMythConvincedChosenInvulnerability Author:Salman Rushdie
“Swords have been my life, not books. But every child knows that the Targaryens have always danced too close to madness. Your father was not the first. King Jaehaerys once told me that madness and greatness are two sides of the same coin. Every time a new Targaryen is born, he said, the gods toss the coin in the air and the world holds its breath to see how it will land.” KnowsWorldFirstsChildrenHas BeensSaidTwoBookFatherSidesBornAirLandGreatnessKingsMadnessBreathsCoinsTwo SidesTossTargaryens Author:George R. R. Martin
“Madness and greatness are two sides of the same coin. Every time a new Targaryen is born, the gods toss the coin in the air and the world holds its breath to see how it will land.” WorldTwoSidesBornAirLandGreatnessMadnessBreathsCoinsTwo SidesTossTargaryens Author:George R. R. Martin
“The essence of greatness is the ability to choose personal fulfillment in circumstances where others choose madness.” AbilityGreatnessCircumstancesEssenceMadnessFulfillmentPersonal FulfillmentAbility To Choose Book:Everyday Wisdom Source: Everyday Wisdom
“Read for yourselves, read for the sake of your inspiration, for the sweet turmoil in your lovely head. But also read against yourselves, read for questioning and impotence, for despair and erudition... and also read those whose darkness or malice or madness or greatness you can't understand because only in this way will you grow, outlive yourself, and become what you are.” WayInspirationGrowsDarknessGreatnessSweetDespairMadnessSakeLovelyQuestioningMaliceTurmoilImpotenceErudition Author:Adam Zagajewski