“ Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic. ”
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“ Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic. ”
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“ The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naïve forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. ”
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“ Happiness is usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults. ”
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“ The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. ”
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“ Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one’s self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily. ”
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“ Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse. ”
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“ The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. ”
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“ The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. ”
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“ 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 steadily expanded, while those of adults are progressively constricted. The result is unruly children and childish adults. ”
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“ The proverb warns; "Don't bite the hand that feeds you." But maybe you should, if it prevents you from feeding yourself. ”
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“ If he who breaks the law is not punished, he who obeys it is cheated. This, and this alone, is why lawbreakers ought to be punished: to authenticate as good, and to encourage as useful, law-abiding behavior. The aim of criminal law cannot be correction or deterrence; it can only be the maintenance of the legal order. ”
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“ The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. ”
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“ Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic. ”
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“ Men are afraid to rock the boat in which they hope to drift safely through life's currents, when, actually, the boat is stuck on a sandbar. They would be better off to rock the boat and try to shake it loose, or, better still, jump in the water and swim for the shore. ”
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“ Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly often attributed by the living to the dead, now usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults. ”
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“ Men are afraid to rock the boat in which they hope to drift safely through life's currents, when, actually, the boat is stuck on a sandbar. They would be better off to rock the boat and try to shake it loose, or, better still, jump in the water and swim for the shore. ”
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“ The proverb warns; "Don't bite the hand that feeds you." But maybe you should, if it prevents you from feeding yourself. ”
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“ Men are afraid to rock the boat in which they hope to drift safely through life's currents, when, actually, the boat is stuck on a sandbar. They would be better off to rock the boat and try to shake it loose, or, better still, jump in the water and swim for the shore. ”
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“ If he who breaks the law is not punished, he who obeys it is cheated. This, and this alone, is why lawbreakers ought to be punished: to authenticate as good, and to encourage as useful, law-abiding behavior. The aim of criminal law cannot be correction or deterrence; it can only be the maintenance of the legal order. ”
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“ We achieve "active" mastery over illness and death by delegating all responsibility for their management to physicians, and by exiling the sick and the dying to hospitals. But hospitals serve the convenience of staff not patients: we cannot be properly ill in a hospital, nor die in one decently; we can do so only among those who love and value us… ”
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“ Involuntary mental hospitalization is like slavery. Refining the standards for commitment is like prettifying the slave plantations. The problem is not how to improve commitment, but how to abolish it. ”
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“ In the animal kingdom, the rule is, eat or be eaten; in the human kingdom, define or be defined. ”
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“ Masturbation: the primary sexual activity of mankind. In the nineteenth century it was a disease; in the twentieth, it's a cure. ”
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“ Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is. ”
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“ The proverb warns that, "You should not bite the hand that feeds you." But maybe you should, if it prevents you from feeding yourself. ”
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“ Institutional psychiatry is a continuation of the Inquisition. All that has really changed is the vocabulary and the social style. The vocabulary conforms to the intellectual expectations of our age: it is a pseudo-medical jargon that parodies the concepts of science… ”
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