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R. D. Laing

Unorthodox scottish psychiatrist.

Born October 7th, 1927 in Glasgow.

Died August 23rd, 1989 at 61 years old in Saint-Tropez (myocardial infarction).

Occupations
existential therapist, military personnel, military physician, non-fiction writer, physician writer, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, psychologist
Wikipedia

When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche