R. D. Laing Quotes

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Each time a new baby is born there is a possibility of reprieve.  Each child is a new being, a potential prophet, a new spiritual prince, a new spark of light precipitated into the outer darkness. - R. D. Laing quote.
Each time a new baby is born there is a possibility of reprieve.  Each child is a new being, a potential prophet, a new spiritual prince, a new spark of light precipitated into the outer darkness.
— R. D. Laing The Politics of Experience

babies

Life is a sexually transmitted disease. - R. D. Laing quote.
Life is a sexually transmitted disease.
— R. D. Laing

life

Insanity - a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world. - R. D. Laing quote.
Insanity - a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world.
— R. D. Laing
Any transformation of one person invites accommodating transformations in others. - R. D. Laing quote.
Any transformation of one person invites accommodating transformations in others.
— R. D. Laing Going Crazy: The Radical Therapy of R. D. Laing and Others

transformation

Where can you scream? It's a serious question: where can you go in society and scream? - R. D. Laing quote.
Where can you scream? It's a serious question: where can you go in society and scream?
— R. D. Laing

crying

True guilt is guilt at the obligation one owes to oneself to be oneself.  False guilt is guilt felt at not being what other people feel one ought to be or assume that one is. - R. D. Laing quote.
True guilt is guilt at the obligation one owes to oneself to be oneself.  False guilt is guilt felt at not being what other people feel one ought to be or assume that one is.
— R. D. Laing The Self and Others

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