Thomas Szasz

Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse. ↗

— Thomas Szasz

#good #make #right #two #wrongs

The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. ↗

— Thomas Szasz

#forgive #naive #neither #nor #stupid

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

#finds #found #himself #often #people

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

— Thomas Szasz

#define #defined #eat #eaten #human

All drugs of any interest to any moderately intelligent person in America are now illegal ↗

— Thomas Szasz

#intelligence

The proverb warns that 'You should not bite the hand that feeds you.' But maybe you should, if it prevents you from feeding yourself. ↗

— Thomas Szasz

#feeding #feeds #hand #maybe #prevents

If you talk to God, you are praying; If God talks to you, you have schizophrenia. ↗

— Thomas Szasz

#praying #schizophrenia #talk #talks #you

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. ↗

— Thomas Szasz

#formerly #magic #medicine #men #mistake

A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also to be wrong. ↗

— Thomas Szasz

#also #becomes #child #only #realizes

Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence. ↗

— Thomas Szasz

#clear #intelligence #rather #requires #than