R.D. Laing

"Fidelity is not in the spirit of our age."

"True and false mystical experience are not distinguished by their phenomenology but by their context."

"Reality is what we make it."

"To perceive is to be conditioned."

"The function of the family is to mediate the social order to the child."

"The more cut off from the whole a man feels, the more dangerous he becomes."

"Schizophrenia is the name for the condition of being split."

"Ontological security is fundamental to human existence."

"We are living in a world where the false is presented as true."

"Man is not just in the world, but of the world."

"The function of the therapist is to be authentic."

"One cannot not be aware of oneself."

"The world is constantly trying to kill the true self in all of us."

"We must learn to cherish what we have been taught to despise."

"To be inhabited is to be incomplete."

"The impossible is possible if we dare to attempt it."

"Our violence is always claimed to be for the good."

"Happiness is the absence of the struggle for happiness."

"We are subject to forces we do not fully understand."

"The mind-body relationship is fundamental."

"Change is the law of life."

"Love is a recognition of another."

"We must face the abyss within ourselves."

"The search for authenticity is the search for truth."

"The price of survival is eternal vigilance."

"We are all potentially capable of love and hate."

"The self is created in relationship."

"Time is our most precious resource."

"The future is always open."

"We must learn to live with uncertainty."