 There are no niggers; there are only black-skinned people whom some white-skinned people don't like and call "niggers." There are no Christ-killers; there are only Jews whom some Christians don't like and call "Christ-killers." Similarly, there are no addicts; there are only people who take some drugs which some other people think they should not take and who therefore call them "addicts." 
Thomas S. Szasz
Mysticism joins and unites; reason divides and separates. People crave belonging more than understanding. Hence, the prominent role of mysticism, and the limited role of reason, in human affairs.
Thomas S. Szasz
Wilcox, L. and George, J. Be Reasonable. Buffalo: Prometheus Books, 1994.
The individual can never escape the moral burden of his existence. He must choose between obedience to authority and responsibility to himself. Moral decisions are often hard and painful to make. The temptation to delegate this burden to others is therefore ever-present. Yet, as all of history teaches us, those who would take from man his moral burdens--be they priests or warlords, politicians or psychiatrists--must also take from him his liberty and hence his very humanity.
Thomas S. Szasz
Frank, Leonard Roy. Freedom. New York: Random House, 2003.
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