Thomas Szasz Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Thomas Szasz quotes, Thomas Szasz sayings, and Thomas Szasz proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily. Thomas Szasz
Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence. Thomas Szasz
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
People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something that one finds. It is something that one creates. Thomas Szasz
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
All drugs of any interest to any moderately intelligent person in America are now illegal. Thomas Szasz
When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him. Thomas Szasz
Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence. Thomas Szasz
There are two kinds of disabled persons: Those who dwell on what they have lost and those who concentrate on what they have left. Thomas Szasz
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
Psychotherapy is a private, confidential conversation that has nothing to do with illness, medicine, or healing. Thomas Szasz
Adulthood is the ever-shrinking period between childhood and old age. It is the apparent aim of modern industrial societies to reduce this period to a minimum. Thomas Szasz
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 homosexual is a scapegoat who evokes no sympathy. Hence, he can only be a victim, never a martyr. Thomas Szasz
In the animal kingdom, the rule is, eat or be eaten; in the human kingdom, define or be defined. Thomas Szasz
The many faces of intimacy: the Victorians could experience it through correspondence, but not through cohabitation; contemporary men and women can experience it through fornication, but not through friendship. Thomas Szasz
Punishment is now unfashionable... because it creates moral distinctions among men, which, to the democratic mind, are odious. We prefer a meaningless collective guilt to a meaningful individual responsibility. Thomas Szasz
There is no psychology; there is only biography and autobiography. Thomas Szasz
Adulthood is the ever-shrinking period between childhood and old age. It is the apparent aim of modern industrial societies to reduce this period to a minimum. Thomas Szasz
The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. Thomas Szasz
Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse. Thomas Szasz
Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily. And why old persons, especially if vain or important, cannot learn at all. Thomas Szasz
In the animal kingdom, the rule is, eat or be eaten; in the human kingdom, define or be defined. Thomas Szasz
Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity that nothing is. Thomas Szasz
The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. Thomas Szasz
The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naïve forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. Thomas Szasz
If you talk to God, you are praying; if God talks to you, you have schizophrenia. If the dead talks to you, you are a spiritualist; if God talks to you, you are a schizophrenic. Thomas Szasz
The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. Thomas Szasz