Insanity - a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world.

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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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

We are all in a post-hypnotic trance induced in early infancy.

We are all in a post-hypnotic trance induced in early infancy.

We are effectively destroying ourselves by violence masquerading as love.

We are effectively destroying ourselves by violence masquerading as love.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The experience and behavior that gets labeled schizophrenic is a special strategy that a person...

The experience and behavior that gets labeled schizophrenic is a special strategy that a person...

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...

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.

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...

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...

There is a fountain of youth: It is your mind, your talents, the creativity you...

There is a fountain of youth: It is your mind, your talents, the creativity you...

Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you...

Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you...

To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and...

To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and...

Most of the southern hemisphere is unexplored. We had more exploration ships down there during...

Most of the southern hemisphere is unexplored. We had more exploration ships down there during...

If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure

If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure