We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing.

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Schizophrenia cannot be understood without understanding despair.

Schizophrenia cannot be understood without understanding despair.

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.

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...

We are effectively destroying ourselves by violence masquerading as love.

We are effectively destroying ourselves by violence masquerading as love.

Insanity - a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world.

Insanity - a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears.

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears.

Parents can plant magic in a child's mind through certain words spoken with some thrilling...

Parents can plant magic in a child's mind through certain words spoken with some thrilling...

In automobile terms, the child supplies the power but the parents have to do the...

In automobile terms, the child supplies the power but the parents have to do the...