“The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naïve forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.”

— Thomas Szasz, The Second Sin (1973), "Personal Conduct"

About Thomas Szasz

1920 – 2012

Hungarian-American psychiatrist and author of "The Myth of Mental Illness".

“The wise treat self-respect as non-negotiable, and will not trade it for health or wealth or anything else.”

“Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is.”

“Anxiety is the unwillingness to play even when you know the odds are for you.”

“The superior man thinks of virtue; the small man thinks of comfort.”

“A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority.”

“It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know.”

“Knowledge by suffering entereth, And life is perfected by death.”

“Whatever you may suffer, speak the truth. Be worthy of the entire confidence of your associates.”

“I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth — and truth rewarded me.”