"That human nature and society can have conflicting demands, and hence that a whole society can be sick, is an assumpt…"

"We... have created a greater material wealth than any other society in the history of the human race. Yet we have man…"

"A few days after the mutual slaughter is over, the enemies of yesterday are our friends, the friends of yesterday are…"

"Just as man transforms the world around him, he so transforms himself in the process of history. He is his own creati…"

"It is naively assumed that the fact that the majority of people share certain ideas or feelings proves the validity o…"

"Spinoza formulated the problem of the socially patterned defect very clearly. He says: "Many people are seized by one…"

"The culture provides patterns which enable them to live with a defect without becoming ill."

"Suppose that in our Western culture movies, radios, television, sports events and newspapers ceased to function for o…"

"In the act of destruction, man sets himself above life; he transcends himself as a creature. Thus, the ultimate choic…"

"If he [man] lives under conditions which are contrary to his nature and to the basic requirements for human growth an…"