'Psychotherapy' is a private, confidential conversation that has nothing to do with illness, medicine, or healing. Thomas Szasz confidentialconversationheal Change image and share on social
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 adultchildrealize Change image and share on social
Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is. Thomas Szasz boredomfeltserenity Change image and share on social
In the animal kingdom, the rule is, eat or be eaten; in the human kingdom, define or be defined. Thomas Szasz animaldefineeat Change image and share on social
If the dead talk to you, you are a spiritualist; if God talks to you, you are a schizophrenic. Thomas Szasz deadgodschizophrenic Change image and share on social
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 awaitbiologicalconcept share on social
There is no such thing as mental illness, hence also no such thing as psychotherapy. Thomas Szasz illnessmentalpsychotherapy Change image and share on social
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 adulthoodageaim Change image and share on social
There is no psychology; there is only biography and autobiography. Thomas Szasz autobiographybiographypsychology Change image and share on social
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 certaintyclaimconviction share on social
