Famous quotes containing the word szasz:
“If you talk to God, you are praying; if God talks to you, you have schizophrenia.”
—Thomas Szasz (b. 1920)
“Institutional psychiatry is a continuation of the Inquisition. All that has really changed is the vocabulary and the social style. The vocabulary conforms to the intellectual expectations of our age: it is a pseudo-medical jargon that parodies the concepts of science. The social style conforms to the political expectations of our age: it is a pseudo-liberal social movement that parodies the ideals of freedom and rationality.”
—Thomas Szasz (b. 1920)
“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 (b. 1920)