From the moment of birth, when the stone-age baby confronts the twentieth-century mother, the baby is subjected to these forces of violence, called love, as its mother and father have been, and their parents and their parents before them. These…

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Rule A: Don't. Rule A1: Rule A doesn't exist. Rule A2: Do not discuss the...

Rule A: Don't. Rule A1: Rule A doesn't exist. Rule A2: Do not discuss the...

Insanity - a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world.

Insanity - a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world.

There is no such condition as 'schizophrenia,' but the label is a social fact and...

There is no such condition as 'schizophrenia,' but the label is a social fact and...

A child born today in the United Kingdom stands a ten times greater chance of...

A child born today in the United Kingdom stands a ten times greater chance of...

If I don't know I don't know, I think I know. If I don't know...

If I don't know I don't know, I think I know. If I don't know...

We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we...

We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we...

There is a great deal of pain in life and perhaps the only pain that...

There is a great deal of pain in life and perhaps the only pain that...

Children do not give up their innate imagination, curiosity, dreaminess easily. You have to love...

Children do not give up their innate imagination, curiosity, dreaminess easily. You have to love...

Creative people who can't help but explore other mental territories are at greater risk, just...

Creative people who can't help but explore other mental territories are at greater risk, just...

The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to...

The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to...

Madness need not be all breakdown. It may also be break-through. It is potential liberation...

Madness need not be all breakdown. It may also be break-through. It is potential liberation...

From the moment of birth, when the stone-age baby confronts the twentieth-century mother, the baby...

From the moment of birth, when the stone-age baby confronts the twentieth-century mother, the baby...

True guilt is guilt at the obligation one owes to oneself to be oneself. False...

True guilt is guilt at the obligation one owes to oneself to be oneself. False...

Whether life is worth living depends on whether there is love in life.

Whether life is worth living depends on whether there is love in life.

Freud was a hero. He descended to the Underworld and met there stark terrors. He...

Freud was a hero. He descended to the Underworld and met there stark terrors. He...

We are all murderers and prostitutes - no matter to what culture, society, class, nation...

We are all murderers and prostitutes - no matter to what culture, society, class, nation...

Life is a sexually transmitted disease and the mortality rate is one hundred percent.

Life is a sexually transmitted disease and the mortality rate is one hundred percent.

Schizophrenia cannot be understood without understanding despair.

Schizophrenia cannot be understood without understanding despair.

Alienation as our present destiny is achieved only by outrageous violence perpetrated by human beings...

Alienation as our present destiny is achieved only by outrageous violence perpetrated by human beings...

We are effectively destroying ourselves by violence masquerading as love.

We are effectively destroying ourselves by violence masquerading as love.