「愚昧的人既不原諒也不忘記；天真的人會原諒，也會忘記；而智者會原諒，但不會忘記。」——湯瑪斯·薩斯
薩斯區分了處理錯誤時的不同智慧層次。智者承認傷害，但會從中學習，在仁慈與覺察之間取得平衡。寬恕並不意味著對所學到的教訓視而不見。
“The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.” – Thomas Szasz
Szasz differentiates levels of wisdom in handling wrongs. The wise acknowledge harm but learn from it, balancing mercy with awareness. Forgiveness doesn’t mean ignorance of lessons learned.
引領反精神醫學運動的精神科醫生
托馬斯·薩斯（Thomas Szasz）是一位精神科醫生，他於1961年出版的《精神疾病的神話》（The Myth of Mental Illness）一書質疑了該領域的合法性，並為一代又一代的批評家、患者倡導者和反精神病學活動家提供了思想基礎，也因此與許多同行醫生結下了仇。
薩斯博士（發音為sahz）發表他的批判性著作正值精神病學界一個特別脆弱的時刻。當時，佛洛伊德理論剛開始失寵，該領域正努力變得更加以醫學為導向，並以經驗為基礎。薩斯博士本人剛接受過佛洛伊德學派的訓練，他認為精神病學的醫學基礎充其量也不過是搖搖欲墜的，他的書大肆宣揚，將這門學科「與煉金術和占星術並列」。
這本書在精神衛生界引起轟動，也成為那些感到被精神衛生系統濫用的人的聖經。
薩斯博士反對強制性治療，例如非自願監禁，以及在法庭上使用精神病診斷，稱這兩種做法都是不科學且不道德的。他很快就與其他著名的精神病學批評家站在同一陣線，其中包括加拿大社會學家歐文·戈夫曼和法國哲學家米歇爾·福柯。
Dr. Thomas Szasz, Psychiatrist Who Led Movement Against His Field, Dies at 92
By Benedict CareySept. 11, 2012
Psychiatrist Who Led Movement Against His Field
Thomas Szasz, a psychiatrist whose 1961 book “The Myth of Mental Illness” questioned the legitimacy of his field and provided the intellectual grounding for generations of critics, patient advocates and antipsychiatry activists, making enemies of many fellow doctors, died Saturday at his home in Manlius, N.Y. He was 92.
He died after a fall, his daughter Dr. Margot Szasz Peters said.
Dr. Szasz (pronounced sahz) published his critique at a particularly vulnerable moment for psychiatry. With Freudian theorizing just beginning to fall out of favor, the field was trying to become more medically oriented and empirically based. Fresh from Freudian training himself, Dr. Szasz saw psychiatry’s medical foundation as shaky at best, and his book hammered away, placing the discipline “in the company of alchemy and astrology.”
The book became a sensation in mental health circles, as well as a bible for those who felt misused by the mental health system.
Dr. Szasz argued against coercive treatments, like involuntary confinement, and the use of psychiatric diagnoses in the courts, calling both practices unscientific and unethical. He was soon placed in the company of other prominent critics of psychiatry, including the Canadian sociologist Erving Goffman and the French philosopher Michel Foucault.
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