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Thomas Szasz Quotes: 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.


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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.



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 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.



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



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.



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

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



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



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Mental illness is a myth, whose function is to disguise and thus render more palatable the bitter pill of moral conflicts in human relations.



The neurotic has problems; the psychotic has solutions.

The neurotic has problems; the psychotic has solutions.



The FDA calls certain substances "controlled." But there are no "controlled substances," there are only controlled citizens.

The FDA calls certain substances "controlled." But there are no "controlled substances," there are only controlled citizens.





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