Quote by Karl Kraus

The difference between psychiatrists and other mentally disturbed people is something like the relationship between concave and convex madness.

The difference between psychiatrists and other mentally dist

Summary

This quote suggests that there is a thin line separating individuals who suffer from mental disturbances and psychiatrists. It presents the idea that the distinction between the two is akin to the contrast between concave and convex shapes. In this context, concave may represent individuals struggling with mental health issues, while convex represents psychiatrists who specialize in understanding and treating these conditions. The quote implies that this difference may be subtle, suggesting a common thread or shared experience between the two groups despite their distinct roles in the realm of mental health.

Topics

Psychiatry

By Karl Kraus

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor

Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin.

Desiderius Erasmus

Enthusiasm

Being is desirable because it is identical with Beauty, and

Being is desirable because it is identical with Beauty, and Beauty is loved because it is Being. We ourselves possess Beauty when we are true to our own being; ugliness is in going over to another order; knowing ourselves, we are beautiful; in self-ignorance, we are ugly.

Beauty

There are no tragedies, just facts not recognized in time.

There are no tragedies, just facts not recognized in time.

William D. Montapert

Tragedy

Friendship is also about liking a person for their failings,

Friendship is also about liking a person for their failings, their weakness. It's also about mutual help, not about exploitation.

Friendship

We must question the story logic of having an all-knowing al

We must question the story logic of having an all-knowing all-powerful God, who creates faulty Humans, and then blames them for his own mistakes.

Gene Roddenberry

Atheism

As a young actor, people were trying to define who I was bef

As a young actor, people were trying to define who I was before I really knew that for myself. But I still remember thinking, 'This is what I love doing, and I hope I'm going to be able to do it forever.'

Hope

The older author is constantly rediscovering himself in the

The older author is constantly rediscovering himself in the more or less fossilized productions of his earlier years.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Authors & Writing

Normally its narrow streets were crowded with stalls, and pe

Normally its narrow streets were crowded with stalls, and people from all over the Carpet. They'd all be trying to cheat one another in that open-and-above-board way known as 'doing business'.

Terry Pratchett

Business People

But by taking the time away, getting myself off the treadmil

But by taking the time away, getting myself off the treadmill, and just slowing down and learning, I felt I had so much more to give back. And maybe that was something that needed to happen for all of us.

Lindsey Buckingham

Learning

There is some place where your specialties can shine. Somewh

There is some place where your specialties can shine. Somewhere that difference can be expressed. It's up to you to find it, and you can.

Passion

There is only one universal passion fear.

There is only one universal passion fear.

George Bernard Shaw

Is there anything in the universe more beautiful and protect

Is there anything in the universe more beautiful and protective than the simple complexity of a spider's web?

Beauty