Lunatic Quotes Quotes

“While the Mystic masters prided themselves on being 'lunatic', this was understood in two distinct senses: one, a lunacy below reason, and another, a lunacy above reason. The second type of lunacy, in the words of Shakespeare, is a 'fine frenzy', whereas the first type is the neurotic or psychotic insanity belonging to the field of abnormal psychology. Thus, where Rumi exclaims:

I am a lover, skilled in the arts of madness;
I am surfeited with culture and learning.”
― Hossein Elahi Ghomshei PhD, Beauty, Love, and Wisdom in Persian Poetry: From Attar to Rumi, Shabistari and Hafiz