Author: Thomas Szasz

Quotes

He who does not accept and respect those who want to reject life does not truly accept and respect life itself.

He who does not accept and respect those who want to reject life does not truly accept and respect life itself.

- Thomas Szasz

Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse.

Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse.

- Thomas Szasz

When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him.

When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him.

- Thomas Szasz

In the past, men created witches: now they create mental patients.

In the past, men created witches: now they create mental patients.

- Thomas Szasz

Adulthood is the ever-shrinking period between childhood and old age. It is the apparent aim of modern industrial societies to reduce this period to a minimum.

Adulthood is the ever-shrinking period between childhood and old age. It is the apparent aim of modern industrial societies to reduce this period to a minimum.

- Thomas Szasz

If you talk to God, you are praying; If God talks to you, you have schizophrenia.

If you talk to God, you are praying; If God talks to you, you have schizophrenia.

- Thomas Szasz

Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence.

Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence.

- Thomas Szasz

The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.

The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.

- Thomas Szasz

Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is.

Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is.

- Thomas Szasz

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