There is no such condition as schizophrenia, but the label i... - R.D. Laing

"There is no such condition as schizophrenia, but the label is a social fact and the social fact is a political event."

R.D. Laing Politics

Psychiatrist Philosopher British 1927–1989

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"The greatest problem of our time is that we are dying without living."

"Insanity is a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world."

"We are effectively destroying ourselves by violence masquerading as love."

"If I don't know I don't know, I think I know. If I don't know I know I don't know, I think I don't know."

"Fear drives civilization. Without it, there is only chaos."

"Order through chaos. That's the only real answer."

"Politics and power corrupt when they're separated from purpose."

"The system isn't broken—it was built this way. We have to rebuild it."