Thomas Szasz Quotes

“He who does not want to understand the other has no right to say that what the other does or says makes no sense.”

“It is the lot of mankind to feel not only insecure but also bored. To combat that experience, people long to be passively entertained, which requires less effort than assuming responsibility for self-improvement.”

“The young and the old are defenseless against relatives who want to get rid of them by casting them in the role of mental patient, and against psychiatrists whose livelihood depends on defining them as mentally ill.”

“We cannot institutionalize helping the victims of personal disasters.”