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"13 Thomas Szasz Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 15 April 1920. Died: 8 September 2012 | Academic | Psychiatrist | Psychoanalyst |

Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence.

Clear thinking Courage Intelligence
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If you talk to God, you are praying; If God talks to you, you have schizophrenia.

You talk God Praying Have
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Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly attributed by the living to the dead, now usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults.

Happiness Imaginary condition Attributed Living
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Insanity is the only sane reaction to an insane society.

Insanity Only sane Reaction Society
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The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.

Stupid Forgive Nor forget Naive
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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.

People That person Found himself The self
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Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily.

Every act Conscious learning Requires Willingness
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Labeling a child as mentally ill is stigmatization, not diagnosis. Giving a child a psychiatric drug is poisoning, not treatment.

Labeling A child Mentally ill Stigmatization
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In the animal kingdom, the rule is, eat or be eaten; in the human kingdom, define or be defined.

Animal kingdom The rule Eat Be eaten
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Masturbation: the primary sexual activity of mankind. In the nineteenth century it was a disease; in the twentieth, it's a cure.

Masturbation Primary Sexual activity Mankind
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The proverb warns that 'You should not bite the hand that feeds you.' But maybe you should, if it prevents you from feeding yourself.

The proverb Not bite Feeds you Prevents
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Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic.

Religion Strong Science weak Mistook magic
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If he who breaks the law is not punished, he who obeys it is cheated. This, and this alone, is why lawbreakers ought to be punished: to authenticate as good, and to encourage as useful, law-abiding behavior. The aim of criminal law cannot be correction or deterrence; it can only be the maintenance of the legal order.

Breaks The law Not punished Obey
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Thomas Szasz Quotes & Sayings