Thomas Szasz

If you talk to God, you are praying; if God talks to you, you have schizophrenia.
Thomas Szasz - The Second Sin (1973) "Emotions"
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.

The stupid neither forgive or forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.
Thomas Szasz - "The Second Sin"
When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him.

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.

If you talk to God, you are praying. If God talks to you, you have schizophrenia.
Thomas Szasz - The Second Sin (1973) "Childhood"
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 - The Second Sin (1973) "Science and Scientism"
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.

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 - The Second Sin (1973) "Personal Conduct"
The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.

- Thomas Szasz