The less a person knows about the workings of the social institutions in his society, the more he must trust those who wield power in it; and the mor…

- Thomas Szasz

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

- Thomas Szasz

In the past, men created witches: now they create mental patients.

- Thomas Szasz

In the United States today, there is a pervasive tendency to treat children as adults, and adults as children. The options of children are thus stead…

- Thomas Szasz

We prefer a meaningless collective guilt to a meaningful individual responsibility

- Thomas Szasz

Mysticism joins and unites; reason divides and separates. People crave belonging more than understanding. Hence the prominent role of mysticism, and …

- Thomas Szasz

Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence.

- Thomas Szasz

The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.

- Thomas Szasz

Prostitution is said to be the world's oldest profession. It is, indeed, a model of all professional work: the worker relinquishes control over himse…

- Thomas Szasz