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“There are good reasons for being obedient, but being unable to be disobedient is not one of the best reasons.”

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R. D. Laing was a Scottish psychiatrist known for his unconventional views on schizophrenia and his contributions to psychotherapy. His theories emphasized the role of social and cultural factors in mental illness and had a profound impact on the field of psychiatry. more

“One symptom of his (Hitler) being strangely at variance with reality, or the nature of things,was his gift for wearing inappropriate of ludicrous clothing...When he was supposed to be starting a militaristic revolution he was wearing evening dress and an ill-fitting black tailcoat...and his army medals.”

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“Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.”

“My belief has come about in large measure because of the lives and examples of people I have known - not the famous, not saints, but friends and relations who have lived, and faced death, in the light of the Resurrection story, or in the quiet acceptance that they have a future after they die.”

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Author:A. N. Wilson

“America pays defense contractors to build aircraft carriers. Google pays brilliant programmers to do whatever the hell they want.”

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