The schizophrenic may indeed be mad. He is mad. He is not ill. I have been told by people who have been through the mad experience how what was then revealed to them was veritable manna from Heaven. The person's whole life may be changed, but it is difficult not to doubt the validity of such vision. Also, not everyone comes back to us again.
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.
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…
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.
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…
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.
Do not adjust your mind, the fault is in reality. - R. D. Laing
Do not adjust your mind, the fault is in reality.
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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