When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him.

Thomas Szasz in The Second Sin
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A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also to be wrong.

Thomas Szasz in The Second Sin, Childhood (1973)
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The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.

Thomas Szasz in The Second Sin, Personal Conduct (1973)
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Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly attributed by the living to the dead, now usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults.

Thomas Szasz in The Second Sin, Emotions (1973)
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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.

Thomas Szasz in The Second Sin, Science and Scientism (1973)
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