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Thomas Szasz Quotes

In the past, men created witches: now they create mental patients Picture Quote #1

Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse Picture Quote #1

There is no psychology; there is only biography and autobiography Picture Quote #1

Psychiatric expert testimony: mendacity masquerading as medicine Picture Quote #1

Mysticism joins and unites; reason divides and separates. People crave belonging more than understanding. Hence the prominent role of mysticism, and the limited role of reason in human affairs Picture Quote #1

The plague of mankind is the fear and rejection of diversity: monotheism, monarchy, monogamy and, in our age, monomedicine. The belief that there is only one right way to live, only one right way to regulate religious, political, sexual, medical affairs is the root cause of the greatest threat to man: members of his own species, bent on ensuring his salvation, security, and sanity Picture Quote #1

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Traditionally, sex has been a very private, secretive activity. Herein perhaps lies its powerful force for uniting people in a strong bond. As we make sex less secretive, we may rob it of its power to hold men and women together Picture Quote #1

We achieve active mastery over illness and death by delegating all responsibility for their management to physicians, and by exiling the sick and the dying to hospitals. But hospitals serve the convenience of staff not patients: we cannot be properly ill in a hospital, nor die in one decently; we can do so only among those who love and value us. The result is the institutionalized dehumanization of the ill, characteristic of our age Picture Quote #1

We often speak of love when we really should be speaking of the drive to dominate or to master, so as to confirm ourselves as active agents, in control of our own destinies and worthy of respect from others Picture Quote #1

Men often treat others worse than they treat themselves, but they rarely treat anyone better. It is the height of folly to expect consideration and decency from a person who mistreats himself Picture Quote #1

Men love liberty because it protects them from control and humiliation by others, thus affording them the possibility of dignity; they loathe liberty because it throws them back on their own abilities and resources, thus confronting them with the possibility of insignificance Picture Quote #1

I believe the time has come to acknowledge that the practice of routine circumcision rests on the absurd premise that the only mammal in creation born in the condition that requires immediate surgical correction is the human male Picture Quote #1

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Anxiety is the unwillingness to play even when you know the odds are for you. Courage is the willingness to play even when you know the odds are against you Picture Quote #1

The passion to interpret as madness that with which we disagree seems to have infected the best of contemporary minds Picture Quote #1

The proverb warns; don’t bite the hand that feeds you. But maybe you should, if it prevents you from feeding yourself Picture Quote #1

The homosexual is a scapegoat who evokes no sympathy. Hence, he can only be a victim, never a martyr Picture Quote #1

Some people say they haven’t yet found themselves. But the self is not something one finds; it is something one creates Picture Quote #1

The basic ingredients of psychotherapy are religion, rhetoric, and repression, which are themselves mutually overlapping categories Picture Quote #1

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Since this is the age of science, not religion, psychiatrists are our rabbis, heroin is our pork, and the addict is the unclean person Picture Quote #1

In the animal kingdom, the rule is, eat or be eaten; in the human kingdom, define or be defined Picture Quote #1

Mental illness, of course, is not literally a 'thing' - or physical object - and hence it can 'exist' only in the same sort of way in which other theoretical concepts exist Picture Quote #1

He who forgiveth, and is reconciled unto his enemy, shall receive his reward from God; for he loveth not the unjust doers Picture Quote #1

The language of science - and especially of a science of man-is, necessarily, anti-individualistic, and hence a threat to human freedom and dignity Picture Quote #1

When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him Picture Quote #1

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The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget Picture Quote #1

Permissiveness is the principle of treating children as if they were adults; and the tactic of making sure they never reach that stage Picture Quote #1

People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates Picture Quote #1

It is easier to do one's duty to others than to one's self. If you do your duty to others, you are considered reliable. If you do your duty to yourself, you are considered selfish Picture Quote #1

If the dead talk to you, you are a spiritualist; if God talks to you, you are a schizophrenic Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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In the past, men created witches: now they create mental patients (Thomas Szasz Quotes) Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse (Thomas Szasz Quotes) There is no psychology; there is only biography and autobiography (Thomas Szasz Quotes) Psychiatric expert testimony: mendacity masquerading as medicine (Thomas Szasz Quotes) Mysticism joins and unites; reason divides and separates. People crave belonging more than understanding. Hence the prominent role of mysticism, and the limited role of reason in human affairs (Thomas Szasz Quotes) The plague of mankind is the fear and rejection of diversity: monotheism, monarchy, monogamy and, in our age, monomedicine. The belief that there is only one right way to live, only one right way to regulate religious, political, sexual, medical affairs is the root cause of the greatest threat to man: members of his own species, bent on ensuring his salvation, security, and sanity (Thomas Szasz Quotes) Traditionally, sex has been a very private, secretive activity. Herein perhaps lies its powerful force for uniting people in a strong bond. As we make sex less secretive, we may rob it of its power to hold men and women together (Thomas Szasz Quotes) We achieve active mastery over illness and death by delegating all responsibility for their management to physicians, and by exiling the sick and the dying to hospitals. But hospitals serve the convenience of staff not patients: we cannot be properly ill in a hospital, nor die in one decently; we can do so only among those who love and value us. The result is the institutionalized dehumanization of the ill, characteristic of our age (Thomas Szasz Quotes) We often speak of love when we really should be speaking of the drive to dominate or to master, so as to confirm ourselves as active agents, in control of our own destinies and worthy of respect from others (Thomas Szasz Quotes) Men often treat others worse than they treat themselves, but they rarely treat anyone better. It is the height of folly to expect consideration and decency from a person who mistreats himself (Thomas Szasz Quotes) Men love liberty because it protects them from control and humiliation by others, thus affording them the possibility of dignity; they loathe liberty because it throws them back on their own abilities and resources, thus confronting them with the possibility of insignificance (Thomas Szasz Quotes) I believe the time has come to acknowledge that the practice of routine circumcision rests on the absurd premise that the only mammal in creation born in the condition that requires immediate surgical correction is the human male (Thomas Szasz Quotes) Anxiety is the unwillingness to play even when you know the odds are for you. Courage is the willingness to play even when you know the odds are against you (Thomas Szasz Quotes) The passion to interpret as madness that with which we disagree seems to have infected the best of contemporary minds (Thomas Szasz Quotes) The proverb warns; don’t bite the hand that feeds you. But maybe you should, if it prevents you from feeding yourself (Thomas Szasz Quotes) The homosexual is a scapegoat who evokes no sympathy. Hence, he can only be a victim, never a martyr (Thomas Szasz Quotes) Some people say they haven’t yet found themselves. But the self is not something one finds; it is something one creates (Thomas Szasz Quotes) The basic ingredients of psychotherapy are religion, rhetoric, and repression, which are themselves mutually overlapping categories (Thomas Szasz Quotes) Since this is the age of science, not religion, psychiatrists are our rabbis, heroin is our pork, and the addict is the unclean person (Thomas Szasz Quotes) In the animal kingdom, the rule is, eat or be eaten; in the human kingdom, define or be defined (Thomas Szasz Quotes) Mental illness, of course, is not literally a 'thing' - or physical object - and hence it can 'exist' only in the same sort of way in which other theoretical concepts exist (Thomas Szasz Quotes) He who forgiveth, and is reconciled unto his enemy, shall receive his reward from God; for he loveth not the unjust doers (Thomas Szasz Quotes) The language of science - and especially of a science of man-is, necessarily, anti-individualistic, and hence a threat to human freedom and dignity (Thomas Szasz Quotes) When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him (Thomas Szasz Quotes) The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget (Thomas Szasz Quotes) Permissiveness is the principle of treating children as if they were adults; and the tactic of making sure they never reach that stage (Thomas Szasz Quotes) People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates (Thomas Szasz Quotes) It is easier to do one's duty to others than to one's self. If you do your duty to others, you are considered reliable. If you do your duty to yourself, you are considered selfish (Thomas Szasz Quotes) If the dead talk to you, you are a spiritualist; if God talks to you, you are a schizophrenic (Thomas Szasz Quotes) 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 Quotes)

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