A Quote by Thomas Szasz

If the dead talk to you, you are a spiritualist; if God talks to you, you are a schizophrenic.

Thomas Szasz

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Dead God Schizophrenic Talk Talks

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Thomas Szasz
American - Psychologist
April 15, 1920 - September 8, 2012

Why is it that when we talk to God we're said to be praying but when God talks to us we're schizophrenic?

Lily Tomlin

When we talk to God, we're praying. When God talks to us, we're schizophrenic.

Jane Wagner

I am a spiritualist, a proud wearer of the spiritualist badge.

Dan Aykroyd

Someone asked me, 'Do you pray for the dead?' I said, 'No, I preach to them! I think every pew in every church is death row. Think about that! They're dead! They sing about God; they talk about God, but they're dead! They have no living relationship (with God).

Leonard Ravenhill

I am a Spiritualist, a proud wearer of the Spiritualist badge. Mediums and psychic research have gone on for many, many years.

Dan Aykroyd

We talk to God--that is prayer; God talks to us--that is inspiration.

H. Emilie Cady

When we talk to god, it's prayer. When god talks to us, it's schizophrenia.

Lily Tomlin

You talk to God, you're religious. God talks to you, you're psychotic.

Doris Egan

If you talk to God, you are praying; If God talks to you, you have schizophrenia.

Thomas Szasz

In our prayers, we talk to God, in our Bible study, God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.

Dwight L. Moody

It's a funny thing, when you talk to God, you're religious, but when he talks to you, you're a psychopath.

Peter Steele

There are two gods. The god our teachers teach us about, and the God who teaches us. The god about whom people usually talk, and the God who talks to us. The god we learn to fear, and the God who speaks to us of mercy. The god who is somewhere up on high, and the God who is here in our daily lives. The god who demands punishment, and the God who forgives us our trespasses. The god who threatens us with the torments of Hell, and the God who shows us the true path. There are two gods. A god who casts us off because of our sins, and a God who calls to us with His love.

Paulo Coelho

If you tell people you talk to God, they'll think you're religious, but if you say God talks to you, it's ten to one they'll think you're crazy.

Robert Fulghum

Your talk talks and your walk talks, but your walk talks louder than your talk talks.

John C. Maxwell

The Congress talks and talks and talks and talks, but doesn't act. I'm going to continue to work with my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to bring about comprehensive immigration reform.