(25 quotes found)
“Knowledge is gained by learning; trust by doubt; skill by practice; and love by love.”
Thomas S. Szasz
“The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.”
“The proverb warns that 'You should not bite the hand that feeds you.' But maybe you should, if it prevents you from feeding yourself.”
“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.”
“Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence.”
“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.”
“Masturbation: the primary sexual activity of mankind. In the nineteenth century it was a disease; in the twentieth, it's a cure.”
“Suicide is a fundamental human right. This does not mean that it is morally desirable. It only means that society does not have the moral right to interfere”
“The greatest analgesic, soporific, stimulant, tranquilizer, narcotic, and to some extent even antibiotic -in short, the closest thing to a genuine panacea -known to medical science is work.”
“If you talk to God, you are praying. If God talks to you, you have schizophrenia.”