In describing one way of going mad, I shall try to show that there is a comprehensible transition from the sane schizoid way of being-in-the-world to a psychotic way of being-in-the-world.
One cannot say everything at once. - R. D. Laing
One cannot say everything at once.
- R. D. Laing
Insanity - a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world. - R. D. Laing
Insanity - a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world.
We have to realize that we are as deeply afraid to live and to love as we are to die. - R. D. Laing
We have to realize that we are as deeply afraid to live and to love as we are to die.
The condition of alienation, of being asleep, of being unconscious, of being out of one’s mind, is the condition of the normal man. Society highly va… - R. D. Laing
The condition of alienation, of being asleep, of being unconscious, of being out of one’s mind, is the condition of the normal man. Society highly va…
Do not adjust your mind, the fault is in reality. - R. D. Laing
Do not adjust your mind, the fault is in reality.
Human beings seem to have an almost unlimited capacity to deceive themselves, and to deceive themselves into taking their own lies for truth. - R. D. Laing
Human beings seem to have an almost unlimited capacity to deceive themselves, and to deceive themselves into taking their own lies for truth.
A child born today in the United Kingdom stands a ten times greater chance of being admitted to a mental hospital than to a university ... This can b… - R. D. Laing
A child born today in the United Kingdom stands a ten times greater chance of being admitted to a mental hospital than to a university ... This can b…
Pain in this life is not avoidable, but the pain we create avoiding pain is avoidable. - R. D. Laing
Pain in this life is not avoidable, but the pain we create avoiding pain is avoidable.
If you have passion for what you do, the company you keep, the life you live, it will be reflected in whatever you create. Passion is like that; it s… - R. D. Laing
If you have passion for what you do, the company you keep, the life you live, it will be reflected in whatever you create. Passion is like that; it s…
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