The plague of mankind is the fear and rejection of diversity: monotheism, monarchy, monogamy and, in our age, monomedicine. The belief that there is only one right way to live, only one right way to regulate religious, political, sexual, medical affairs is the root cause of the greatest threat to man: members of his own species, bent on ensuring his salvation, security, and sanity. Thomas Szasz
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  1. Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse.
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  5. People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates.
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