“We are all murderers and prostitutes – no matter to what culture, society, class, nation one belongs, no matter how normal, moral, or mature, one takes oneself to be.”
— R. D. Laing
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We live in a moment of history
“We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing.”
— R. D. Laing
Author: R. D. Laing
Category: history
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The range of what we think and
“The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice that we fail to notice, there is little we can do to change; until we notice how failing to notice shapes our thoughts and deeds.”
— R. D. Laing
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Category: change
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Children do not give up their innate
“Children do not give up their innate imagination, curiosity, dreaminess easily. You have to love them to get them to do that.”
— R. D. Laing
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Category: imagination
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Life is a sexually transmitted disease and
“Life is a sexually transmitted disease and the mortality rate is one hundred percent.”
— R. D. Laing
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Category: life
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We are all murderers and prostitutes –
“We are all murderers and prostitutes – no matter to what culture, society, class, nation one belongs, no matter how normal, moral, or mature, one takes oneself to be.”
— R. D. Laing
Author: R. D. Laing
Category: society
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We live in a moment of history
“We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing.”
— R. D. Laing
Author: R. D. Laing
Category: change
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There is a great deal of pain
“There is a great deal of pain in life and perhaps the only pain that can be avoided is the pain that comes from trying to avoid pain.”
— R. D. Laing
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Category: great
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Madness need not be all breakdown. It
“Madness need not be all breakdown. It may also be break-through. It is potential liberation and renewal as well as enslavement and existential death.”
— R. D. Laing
Author: R. D. Laing
Category: death
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