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Thomas Szasz Quotes

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Marx said that religion was the opiate of the people. In the United States today, opiates are the religion of the people  (Thomas Szasz Quotes) The system isn’t stupid, but the people in it are  (Thomas Szasz Quotes) The neurotic has problems; the psychotic has solutions  (Thomas Szasz Quotes) Insanity is the only sane reaction to an insane society  (Thomas Szasz Quotes) Delusion: belief said to be false by someone who does not share it  (Thomas Szasz Quotes) Knowledge is gained by learning; trust by doubt; skill by practice; love by love  (Thomas Szasz Quotes) Psychiatry does not commit human rights abuse. It is a human rights abuse  (Thomas Szasz Quotes) We should pledge ourselves to the proposition that the irresponsible life is not worth living  (Thomas Szasz Quotes) Child psychology and child psychiatry cannot be reformed. They must be abolished  (Thomas Szasz Quotes) Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is  (Thomas Szasz Quotes) Work is pushing matter around. Politics is pushing people around  (Thomas Szasz Quotes) Sex is a body-contact sport. It is safe to watch but more fun to play  (Thomas Szasz Quotes) Knowledge is gained by learning; trust by doubt; skill by practice; and love by love  (Thomas Szasz Quotes) 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) A teacher should have maximal authority, and minimal power  (Thomas Szasz Quotes) Self-respect is to the soul as oxygen is to the body. Deprive a person of oxygen, and you kill his body; deprive him of self-respect and you kill his spirit  (Thomas Szasz Quotes) I submit that the traditional definition of psychiatry, which is still vogue, places it alongside such things as alchemy and astrology, and commits it to the category of pseudo-science  (Thomas Szasz Quotes) Psychiatry is probably the single most destructive force that has affected American Society within the last fifty years  (Thomas Szasz Quotes) Doubt is to certainty as neurosis is to psychosis. The neurotic is in doubt and has fears about persons and things; the psychotic has convictions and makes claims about them. In short, the neurotic has problems, the psychotic has solutions  (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) The homosexual is a scapegoat who evokes no sympathy. Hence, he can only be a victim, never a martyr  (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) 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) In the United States today, there is a pervasive tendency to treat children as adults, and adults as children. The options of children are thus steadily expanded, while those of adults are progressively constricted. The result is unruly children and childish adults  (Thomas Szasz Quotes)