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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

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If the dead talk to you, you are a spiritualist; if God talks to you, you are a schizophrenic. ↗

— Thomas Szasz

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Narcissist: psychoanalytic term for the person who loves himself more than his analyst; considered to be the manifestation of a dire mental disease whose successful treatment depends on the patient learning to love the analyst more and himself less. ↗

— Thomas Szasz

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There is no such thing as mental illness, hence also no such thing as psychotherapy. ↗

— Thomas Szasz

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

— Thomas Szasz

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

— Thomas Szasz

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Mental illness, of course, is not literally a 'thing' - or physical object - and hence it can 'exist' only in the same sort of way in which other theoretical concepts exist. ↗

— Thomas Szasz

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A teacher should have maximal authority, and minimal power. ↗

— Thomas Szasz

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'Psychotherapy' is a private, confidential conversation that has nothing to do with illness, medicine, or healing. ↗

— Thomas Szasz

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If one knows only what one is told, one does not know enough to be able to arrive at a well-balanced decision. ↗

— Leo Szilard

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