Thomas Szasz Quotes
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“The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.”
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“Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse.”
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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.”
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“If you talk to God, you are praying; If God talks to you, you have schizophrenia.”
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“In the animal kingdom, the rule is, eat or be eaten; in the human kingdom, define or be defined.”
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“Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is.”
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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.”
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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.”
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“Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence.”
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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.”