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.

Quote by Thomas Szasz

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The system isn't stupid, but the people in it are.

The system isn't stupid, but the people in it are.

He who does not accept and respect those who want to reject life does not...

He who does not accept and respect those who want to reject life does not...

Punishment is now unfashionable... because it creates moral distinctions among men, which, to the democratic...

Punishment is now unfashionable... because it creates moral distinctions among men, which, to the democratic...

People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the...

People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the...

Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is.

Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is.

Adulthood is the ever-shrinking period between childhood and old age. It is the apparent aim...

Adulthood is the ever-shrinking period between childhood and old age. It is the apparent aim...

We often speak of love when we really should be speaking of the drive to...

We often speak of love when we really should be speaking of the drive to...

Doubt is to certainty as neurosis is to psychosis. The neurotic is in doubt and...

Doubt is to certainty as neurosis is to psychosis. The neurotic is in doubt and...

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.

If the dead talk to you, you are a spiritualist; if God talks to you,...

If the dead talk to you, you are a spiritualist; if God talks to you,...

Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem....

Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem....

If you talk to God, you are praying. If God talks to you, you have...

If you talk to God, you are praying. If God talks to you, you have...

There is no psychology; there is only biography and autobiography.

There is no psychology; there is only biography and autobiography.

Narcissist: psychoanalytic term for the person who loves himself more than his analyst; considered to...

Narcissist: psychoanalytic term for the person who loves himself more than his analyst; considered to...

Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly often attributed by the living to the dead, now...

Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly often attributed by the living to the dead, now...

A teacher should have maximal authority, and minimal power.

A teacher should have maximal authority, and minimal power.

Psychiatric expert testimony: mendacity masquerading as medicine.

Psychiatric expert testimony: mendacity masquerading as medicine.

The proverb warns that 'You should not bite the hand that feeds you.' But maybe...

The proverb warns that 'You should not bite the hand that feeds you.' But maybe...

Permissiveness is the principle of treating children as if they were adults; and the tactic...

Permissiveness is the principle of treating children as if they were adults; and the tactic...

A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only...

A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only...