We often speak of love when we really should be speaking of the drive to dominate or to master, so as to confirm ourselves as active agents, in control of our own destinies and worthy of respect from others.

Quote by Thomas Szasz

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Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence.

Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence.

It is easier to do one's duty to others than to one's self. If you...

It is easier to do one's duty to others than to one's self. If you...

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...

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...

Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when...

Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when...

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 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,...

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...

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....

When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to...

When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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.

In the animal kingdom, the rule is, eat or be eaten; in the human kingdom,...

In the animal kingdom, the rule is, eat or be eaten; in the human kingdom,...