A sane state involves some balance of appetite served and appetite curbed.
Precommitment is the process of making a promise, when you are in your sane state, that will prevent your tempted insane-emotional-id-self from doing something bad.
When his mind was removed entirely from the field of prayer, he was but little changed from his sane state.
In response, we should be doing what sane states should always be doing: searching for the most plausible war-avoiding, nonviolent arrangement, even at the cost of looking wishy-washy.
But there are ways to stay sane in cities while the state of the economy stays stressful.
Thompson has since stated on more than one occasion that he is "the only officially certified sane lawyer in the entire state of Florida".
[2] I think it is agreed by all (sane) parties that, given the present deplorable state of the world, we can ill afford to entrust decisions concerning the future of this nation to persons so evidently unsuited to the task.
Outrage, however, is not a sustainable state of being, not for the sane.
Marjorie Wallace, CEO of mental health charity Sane, said: "Our study into self-harm shows that tolerance of state of mind can be more effective than interference and disapproval.
Aridjis remembers someone "sane and stable but giving the impression that she lived in a permanent state of anxiety – had no inner peace".
