"If someone does something we disapprove of, we regard him as bad if we believe we can deter him from persisting in his conduct, but we regard him as mad if we believe we cannot. In either case, the crucial issue is our control of the other: the more we lose control over him, and the more he assumes control over himself, the more, in case of conflict, we are likely to consider him mad rather than just bad."

-- Thomas Szasz

#Believe Quotes #Issues Quotes #Mad Quotes

“People say I'll be drafted in the first round, maybe even higher.”
“Boys, they can't take my refrigerator now. They'll never get my car now. I paid cash for 'em and they're mine, and I'm keepin' 'em!”
“Don't do what you want. Do what you don't want. Do what you're trained not to want. Do the things that scare you the most.”
“When I look at where Iâ€™ve been, I see that what I am becoming is a whole lot further down the road from where I was.”
“Inspire me with love for my art and for thy creatures. In the sufferer let me see only the human being.”
“I have spent my adult life trying to figure out why parents and society put themselves into a race -- what's the hurry? I keep trying to convey the pleasure every parent and teacher could feel while observing, appreciating and enjoying what the infant is doing. This attitude would change our educational climate from worry to joy.”
“Your greatest achievement is to love me.”
“I've just had some bad news. Tomorrow is the mother in law's funeral. And she's cancelled it.”

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