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Thomas Szasz Quotes: The self is not something that one finds. It is something one creates.
         

The self is not something that one finds. It is something one creates.


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Labeling a child as mentally ill is stigmatization, not diagnosis. Giving a child a psychiatric drug is poisoning, not treatment.



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



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What people really need and demand from life is not wealth, comfort, or esteem, but games worth playing



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