Thomas Szasz Quotes

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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.

Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence.

Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence.

In the animal kingdom, the rule is, eat or be eaten; in the human kingdom, define or be defined.

In the animal kingdom, the rule is, eat or be eaten; in the human kingdom, define or be defined.

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

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

We prefer a meaningless collective guilt to a meaningful individual responsibility

We prefer a meaningless collective guilt to a meaningful individual responsibility

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.

Labeling a child as mentally ill is stigmatization, not diagnosis. Giving a child a psychiatric drug is poisoning, not treatment.

Labeling a child as mentally ill is stigmatization, not diagnosis. Giving a child a psychiatric drug is poisoning, not treatment.

What people really need and demand from life is not wealth, comfort, or esteem, but games worth playing

What people really need and demand from life is not wealth, comfort, or esteem, but games worth playing

The neurotic has problems; the psychotic has solutions.

The neurotic has problems; the psychotic has solutions.

Psychiatry does not commit human rights abuse. It is a human rights abuse.

Psychiatry does not commit human rights abuse. It is a human rights abuse.

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