“Many scientists have been drawn to Buddhism out of a sense that the Western tradition has delivered an impoverished conception of basic, human sanity. In the West, if you speak to yourself out loud all day long, you are considered crazy. But speaking to yourself silently - thinking incessantly - is considered perfectly normal.” IfsThinkingHumansLongHas BeensSpeakCrazyBuddhismNormalTraditionScientistWestWesternLoudConceptionSanityIncessantlyPerfectly Normal Author:Sam Harris
“If everyone lives roughly the same lies about the same thing, there is no one to call them liars. They jointly establish their own sanity and themselves normal.” IfsLyingNormalLiarsSanity Author:Ernest Becker
“Stars now also have problems with drugs, and it can be even harder being so out in the public eye - it's hard for them to keep their sanity and normal self present, but they can do it.” SelfHardProblemEyeStarsCan DoDrugNormalHarderSanityPublic Eye Author:Maureen McCormick