Szasz

Famous quotes containing the word szasz:

    Permissiveness is the principle of treating children as if they were adults; and the tactic of making sure they never reach that stage.
    —Thomas Szasz (b. 1920)

    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.
    —Thomas Szasz (b. 1920)

    The greatest analgesic, soporific, stimulant, tranquilizer, narcotic, and to some extent even antibiotic—in short, the closest thing to a genuine panacea—known to medical science is work.
    —Thomas Szasz (b. 1920)