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trutherbotprop: "The battle for the world is the battle for definitions." --Thomas Szasz

aimeeterese: M Scott Peck, Theodore Dalrymple and Thomas Szasz are good. Most of them are ridiculous.

WokeOfShame: "It's not science! Politics & Economics! That's what PSYCHIATRY is, Politics & Economics! Behavior Control, it's not science, it's not medicine" Thomas Szasz psychiatrist & cofounder of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) to oppose involuntary psychiatric treatments.

trutherbotprop: "The battle for the world is the battle for definitions." --Thomas Szasz

CryptoCesar26: 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 Stephen Szasz

Thor_2000: 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

LibertysFire: What would Thomas Szasz say?

gnilwoce: “Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse.” ― Thomas Szasz

WilliamHLane3: "In what ways Psychiatry is used as a weapon by the state" - Thomas Szasz

TCSparents: To suggest, as Thomas Szasz does here, that if children are “treated well, [they] may grow up to expect something for nothing” is a mistake. And there is no middle course between treating others well vs ill-treating them, as is obvious if you put yourself in the child’s position.

SallyTheWitch4: Wow, rare Thomas Szasz L. I usually like Thomas Szasz but the only ones who should have authority about their own education is the individual themselves.

ghosteggs: "The struggle for definition is veritably the struggle for life itself... [the one] who first seizes the word imposes reality on the other; [the one] who defines thus dominates and lives; and [the one] who is defined is subjugated and may be killed." - Thomas Szasz

ScottKe67399863: Thomas Szasz on The Myth of Mental Illness

TrueQuotation: There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves. — Thomas Szasz

CallbackTerror: "The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget." -Thomas Szasz

AshleyVRobinson: "Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence." ~ Thomas Szasz

elliotjm: The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. Thomas Szasz

TrainingMindful: “The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naïve forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.” ~ Thomas Szasz

butcheringthot: "Modern man is a revolutionary. Like all revolutionaries, he likes to tak away from those who have and to give to those who have not, especially himself. He has thus taken man from God and given him to the state." -- Thomas Szasz

philosophersmag: If you talk to God, you are praying; if God talks to you, you have schizophrenia.--Thomas Szasz

LinusMinimax: "[pre-20thC], when people spoke of "doctors" they were more likely to have in mind clerics than clinicians. Now it is the other way around... What they share... is an arrogant certainty that they and they alone know how God or Nature intends us to enjoy ourselves." - Thomas Szasz

win_thelife: “Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse.” ― Thomas Szasz

BillowIsmail: "The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget." -Thomas Szasz

EllebellePhd: Did you know that Janice Raymond (who wrote the terf manual in 1979) was a bioethicist who determined America's medical treatment programme for trans people? She was supported by Thomas Szasz who built the scientologist anti-psychiatry museum.

MaryWerblin: “Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence.”—Thomas Stephen Szasz Hungarian:15 April 1920 – 8 September 2012) was a Hungarian-American academic and psychiatrist. He served for most of his career as professor of psychiatry at the State University of New York Upstate

jrmaustin: “Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence.” ~Thomas Szasz

TCSparents: “A teacher should have maximal authority, and minimal power.” - Thomas Szasz, 1973, *The Second Sin*, p. 18 Erm, why?! How about choosing REASON instead of authority? How about interacting as equals vs as an authority, and teaching only that which the child wishes to learn?

Kelsey2_2yesleK: "Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time...serenity, that nothing is." Thomas Szasz KYJI HERE TWOstay

cascadehealthco: Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence. - Thomas Szasz

Over40Wisdom: Today I am leading a team facilitation on clarity and how to achieve and sustain this habit of thinking on a daily basis. My favourite quote on this very topic is: "Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence." -Thomas Szasz If at first, y…

edvadug: "The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget." -Thomas Szasz ━━━━━━━━━━━

mohamed20303294: "The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget." -Thomas Szasz ━━━━━━━━━━━

DonPJenn: History, having destroyed the religion as the opium of the people, now requires that they be given a taste of the real stuff. Auberon Waugh Marx said that religion was the opiate of the people. In the United States today, opiates are the religion of the people. Thomas Szasz

AntipsychiatryU: Read the book The Manufacture of Madness by libertarian psychiatrist Thomas Szasz. Read the book Anatomy of an Epidemic by Robert Whitaker.

AntipsychiatryU: "Psychiatry and Law/how are they related? Thomas Szasz)"

ohJerawat: The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive, but do not forget. - Thomas Szasz

SelebNews: The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive, but do not forget. - Thomas Szasz

trutherbotprop: "The battle for the world is the battle for definitions." --Thomas Szasz

AchimMuellers: "Men are afraid to rock the boat in which they hope to drift safely through life's currents, when, actually, the boat is stuck on a sandbar. They would be better off to rock the boat and try to shake it loose." (Thomas Szasz)

hbmutungi1: "As the price of liberty is vigilance- so the price of independence is self-determination, the price of dignity is self-assertion, and the price of respect is self-respect." ~ Dr. Thomas Szasz.

AntipsychiatryU: Coercive psychiatry is a crime against humanity. Read the book Faith in Freedom by libertarian psychiatrist Thomas Szasz.

Erneres: 'The greatest sin in politics is independence. Independence renders authority useless and that is what infuriate its soul!' Thomas Szasz

AntipsychiatryU: Why did Bonnie Burstow PhD and psychiatrist Thomas Szasz MD consider child psychiatry to be a form of child abuse?

AchimMuellers: "We prefer a meaningless collective guilt to a meaningful individual responsibility." (Thomas Szasz)

PsycholQuotes: There is no psychology; there is only biography and autobiography. There is no psychology; there is only biography and autobiography.  ~Thomas Szasz, 

PsycholQuotes: Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is. Thomas Szasz Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is.Thomas Szasz

buffpsychology: “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

JasonWo97579812: Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence. Thomas Szasz

trutherbotprop: "The battle for the world is the battle for definitions." --Thomas Szasz

ohJerawat: The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive, but do not forget. - Thomas Szasz

DerekJu73356733: 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,autonomy, independence, self-reliance,

CriticalPsyche: The original 1960 article;- The Myth of Mental Illness By Thomas S. Szasz (1960) First published in American Psychologist, 15, 113-118.

trutherbotprop: "The battle for the world is the battle for definitions." --Thomas Szasz

Gloretadams: The less a person knows about the workings of the social institutions in his society, the more he must trust those who wield power in it; and the more he trusts those who weild such power, the more vulnerable he makes himself to becoming their victim. —Thomas Szasz

trutherbotprop: "The battle for the world is the battle for definitions." --Thomas Szasz

Zachari17683801: Doubt is to certainty as neurosis is to psychosis. The neurotic is in doubt and has fears about persons and things; the psychotic has convictions and makes claims about them. In short, the neurotic has problems, the psychotic has solutions.,Thomas Szasz,psychology,

NameNote6573: If you talk to God you are praying if God talks to you you have schizophrenia.,Thomas Szasz,psychiatry,

Bizarrework2066: The self is not something that one finds. It is something one creates.,Thomas Szasz,right,

gnilwoce: “If you have strongly held opinions, you are opinionated; if you don't, you lack conviction: either way, there is something wrong with you.” ― Thomas Szasz

smdoles: There's an empty portrait spot on one of the walls at my workplace with a plaque next to it indicating a portrait of Thomas Szasz is supposed to go there. I wonder what that is about

NedBock214: If you talk to God you are praying if God talks to you you have schizophrenia.,Thomas Szasz,religion,

Domnick38198731: If you talk to God you are praying if God talks to you you have schizophrenia.,Thomas Szasz,religion,

GaborKovecs: “Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse.” ― Thomas Szasz

Akukudenjour: 6.Thomas Szasz - The myth of mental illness 7. Victor E Frankl - Mans search for meaning

kaleidic: Thomas S. Szasz was way ahead of the pack on this topic:

MarkLRuffalo: "I believe that viewing the schizophrenic as a liar would advance our understanding of schizophrenia. What does he lie about? Principally about his own anxieties, bewilderments, confusions, deficiencies and self-deception." - Thomas Szasz, The Meaning of Mind (1996)

CoyneoftheRealm: Thomas Szasz avoided patients with schizophrenia and cultivated long-term relationships with mildly neurotic patients who could pay. His view of persons with schizophrenia as liars is cruel and unscientific. That you believe this shit reflects badly on you. Drop the aesthetics

bryan_caplan: "When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him." - Thomas Szasz

TheQuoteFirst: Happiness is usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults. ~Thomas Szasz

fadfield: Happiness is usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults. ~Thomas Szasz

lifesty05568175: Happiness is usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults. ~Thomas Szasz

CCHR_Florida: "Psychiatry does not commit human rights abuse. It IS a human rights abuse." -Dr. Thomas Szasz

TrainingMindful: “Happiness is usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults.” ~ Thomas Szasz

MondongoFacts: «Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse.» Thomas Szasz

AntipsychiatryU: "Psychiatry and Law/how are they related? Thomas Szasz;)"

namyaa___: Two wrongs don’t make a right, but they make a good excuse.”― Thomas Szasz INEVITABLE SHIVRIT

TacticsEmu: Thomas Szasz is my favourite non fiction writer and he was not of any religion but had Jewish parents?

TrainingMindful: “Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time…serenity, that nothing is.” ~ Thomas Szasz

Sysrqgit: “Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time…serenity, that nothing is.” ~ Thomas Szasz

Hitler__Boy: Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence. Thomas Szasz PRIYANKA 3M HEARTS ON IG

32ndGP: "Some people say they haven't yet found themselves. But the self is not something one finds; it is something one creates." - Thomas Szasz

ZamChaudhary: The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naïve forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. - Thomas Szasz

AlejMaHelen_IsQ: Well stated by Thomas Szasz when he stated that much of what we think of as mental disorders can be better thought of as "problems in living." However, it was Harry Stack Sullivan, a brilliant psychiatrist, who earlier coined that phrase.

AlmansourTwitte: The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. – Thomas Szasz

saifedean: Psychiatry is a pseudoscience that pretends to be useful to humanity when all it does is enrich pharmaceutical companies. Read Thomas Szasz to find out why.

wwwREMICca: "Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time...serenity, that nothing is." Thomas Szasz

AchimMuellers: Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; Nowadays, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic. (Thomas Szasz)

VeentageF: 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

welfordwrites: Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse. Thomas Szasz

AntipsychiatryU: Read the book Psychiatry: The Science of Lies by psychiatrist Thomas Szasz. Read the book The Manufacture of Madness by libertarian psychiatrist Thomas Szasz. Read the book Anatomy of an Epidemic by Robert Whitaker. Limitless Peace

MonikaDoyle2010: The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. - Thomas Szasz

mattboys77: "When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him." -Thomas Szasz

AntipsychiatryU: "Psychiatry and Law/how are they related? Thomas Szasz;)"

AntipsychiatryU: See if your local public or university library has books by psychiatrist Thomas Szasz like Coercion as Cure or Liberation By Oppression. If yes, read them. If no, buy them somewhere else? Limitless Peace

AntipsychiatryU: Read the book The Theology of Medicine by psychiatrist Thomas Szasz. Limitless Peace

cyberalgo: “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.” —Thomas Szasz

CoachKaterina: “Parents teach children discipline for two different, indeed diametrically opposed, reasons: to render the child submissive to them & to make him independent of them. Only a self-disciplined person can be obedient; and only such a person can be autonomous.”― Thomas Stephen Szasz

MarkWhiteIA: The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. Thomas Szasz

DonPJenn: "The greatest analgesic, soporific, stimulant, tranquilizer, narcotic, and to some extent even antibiotic - in short, the closest thing to a genuine panacea - known to medical science is work." Thomas Szasz, MD

trutherbotprop: "The battle for the world is the battle for definitions." --Thomas Szasz

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