Crazy wisdom — Tyler Thompson, LMFT, LPCC

Crazy wisdom

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You're entirely bonkers.
But I'll tell you a secret.
All the best people are.

—The Mad Hatter

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I remember when
I remember, I remember when
I lost my mind
There was something so pleasant
about that place
Even your emotions have an echo
in so much space

—Gnarls Barkley

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…his raptures were
all air and fire,
which made his verses clear,
for that fine madness
still he did retain,
which rightly should possess
a poet’s brain

—Michael Drayton

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I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

—Edgar Allan Poe

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Crazy,
but that's how it goes

—Ozzy Osbourne

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Much Madness is divinest Sense

—Emily Dickinson

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There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad.

—Salvador Dalí

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With your feet on the air
and your head on the ground
Try this trick and spin it, yeah

—Pixies

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With the plastic eyeballs,
spray-paint the vegetables

—Beck

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I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.

—Vincent van Gogh

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And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying
are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
’cause I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
it's a very very
Mad world

—Tears for Fears

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The only people for me are the mad ones.

—Jack Kerouac

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Frayed ends of sanity
Hear them calling
Hear them calling me

—Metallica

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The doctor is effective only when he himself is affected. Only the wounded physician heals.

—Carl Jung

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We of the craft are all crazy
Some are affected by gaiety
Others by melancholy
But all are more or less touched

—George Gordon, Lord Byron

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But we're never gonna survive
unless we get a little crazy

—Seal

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Most everyone’s mad here.

—The Cheshire Cat

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I guess I’m a little weird. I like to talk to trees and animals. That’s okay though; I have more fun than most people.

—Bob Ross

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There’s a whole category of people who miss out by not allowing themselves to be weird enough.

—Alain de Botton

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Make your weird light shine bright so that the other weirdos know where to find you.

—Unknown

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When she transformed into a butterfly, the caterpillars spoke not of her beauty, but of her weirdness. They wanted her to change back into what she always had been. But she had wings.

—Dean Jackson

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The greatest sin is mediocrity.

—Anthony Bourdain

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And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.

—Friedrich Nietzsche

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Poem: Hey Fella Would You Mind Holding This Piano a Moment

Born of the sun

Touched with fire

Divine madness