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.
¶ (Attributed)
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Thomas Szasz (b. 1920) Hungarian-American psychiatrist, educator
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.
¶ The Second Sin, "Mental Illness" (1973)
Happiness is an imaginary condition formerly often attributed by the living to the dead, now usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults.
¶ The Second Sin, "Happiness"
People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is somethiung one creates.
¶ The Second sin, "Personal Conduct" (1973)
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