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Thomas Szasz quotes

American Psychologist April 15, 1920

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Narcissist: psychoanalytic term for the person who loves himself more than his analyst; considered to be the manifestation of a dire mental disease whose successful treatment depends on the patient learning to love the analyst more and himself less. Thomas Szasz
Men love liberty because it protects them from control and humiliation from others, and thus affords them the possibility of dignity. They loathe liberty because it throws them back on their own abilities and resources, and thus confronts them with the possibility of insignificance. Thomas Szasz
Individual psychotherapy - that is, engaging a distressed fellow human in a disciplined conversation and human relationship - requires that the therapist have the proper temperament and philosophy of life for such work. By that I mean that the therapist must be patient, modest, and a perceptive listener, rather than a talker and advice-giver. Thomas Szasz
Thomas Szasz quote: "He who does not accept and respect those who want to reject..."
He who does not accept and respect those who want to reject life does not truly accept and respect life itself. Thomas Szasz
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
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
Parents teach children discipline for two different, indeed diametrically opposed, reasons: to render the child submissive to them and to make him independent of them. Only a self-disciplined person can be obedient; and only such a person can be autonomous. 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
It is easier to do one's duty to others than to one's self. If you do your duty to others, you are considered reliable. If you do your duty to yourself, you are considered selfish. Thomas Szasz
Thomas Szasz quote: "When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for..."
When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him. Thomas Szasz
The concept of disease is fast replacing the concept of responsibility. With increasing zeal Americans use and interpret the assertion "I am sick" as equivalent to the assertion "I am not responsible": Smokers say they are not responsible for smoking, drinkers that they are not responsible for drinking, gamblers that they are not responsible for gambling, and mothers who murder their infants that they are not responsible for killing. To prove their point? and to capitalize on their... Thomas Szasz
Thomas Szasz quote: "A teacher should have maximal authority, and minimal power."
A teacher should have maximal authority, and minimal power. Thomas Szasz
No further evidence is needed to show that 'mental illness' is not the name of a biological condition whose nature awaits to be elucidated, but is the name of a concept whose purpose is to obscure the obvious. Thomas Szasz
Thomas Szasz quote: "Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time;..."
Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is. Thomas Szasz
Thomas Szasz quote: "Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse."
Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse. Thomas Szasz

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