There is a great deal of pain in life and perhaps the only pain that can be avoided is the pain that comes from trying to avoid pain.

Quote by R D Laing

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Schizophrenia cannot be understood without understanding despair.

Schizophrenia cannot be understood without understanding despair.

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...

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...

Insanity - a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world.

Insanity - a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world.

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...

In lieu of creativity, there is an undue emphasis on sexuality

In lieu of creativity, there is an undue emphasis on sexuality

Curiosity has its own reason for existence.

Curiosity has its own reason for existence.

Exploration is really the essence of the human spirit.

Exploration is really the essence of the human spirit.

Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do...

Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do...