“The cruelty intrinsic to the workhouse system was excused by the need to discourage idleness, much as the malice intrinsic to the mental hospital system has been excused by the need to provide treatment.”

“The stupid neither forgive nor forget the naive forgive and forget the wise forgive but do not forget. ”

“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.”

“A teacher should have maximal authority, and minimal power.”

“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.”

“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.”

“He who does not accept and respect those who want to reject life does not truly accept and respect life itself.”

“The proverb warns that "You should not bite that hand that feeds you." But maybe you should if it prevents you from feeding yourself.”

“The self is not something that one finds. It is something one creates.”

“If you talk to God you are praying if God talks to you you have schizophrenia.”

“If you talk to God you are praying if God talks to you you have schizophrenia.”