Quotes of Ivan Illich

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School has become the world religion of a modernized proletariat, and makes futile promises of salvation to the poor of the technological age.

- Ivan Illich

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“ Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure. ”

- George Edward Woodberry

“ Sometimes, as we're stumbling along in the dark, we hit something good. ”

- Susan Ee

“ Better to have, and not need, than to need, and not have. ”

- Franz Kafka

“ Love is the answer. But while you're waiting for the answer, sex brings up some pretty good questions. ”

- Woody Allen

“ Hope is a waking dream. ”

- Aristotle

“ Hmm…now that I think about it, housecats are often coddled and petted. You don’t pet me nearly enough. You must be a lax owner. How selfish of you to deprive your cat of attention. ”

- Colleen Houck

“ To pay gratitude, sign of generosity. ”

- Shekhar Srivastava

“ The purpose of life is to love, the purpose of love is to live. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ Your best creative assets do not occur unless you do a mental shift. You have to be in a positive frame of mind because inspiration is fleeting. I walk to work for inspiration and to clear my mind. ”

- Ron Ben Israel

“ Some people are not capable of loving you the way you need to be loved It might be wise to just wish them well and take care of yourself. ”

- Charles E Hudson

“ Writing is the knitting of the soul ”

- Khaled Talib

“ What you meet in another being is the projection of your own level of evolution. ”

- Ram Dass

“ One thing I learned out of all these years is nobody really riding wit you like they say n I’ll always keep my guard up cause of all the fuckery. ”

- Genereux Philip

“ The desires of man are frequently more influential than their rational thought. ”

- RJ Intindola

“ To the wellorganized mind, death is but the next great adventure. ”

- J.K. Rowling

“ If life gives you lemons, make lemonade. ”

- Unknown

“ If you listen more, you will judge less; and when you judge less, you will appreciate differences; and you will be more happy. ”

- JOHN TASKINSOY

“ Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more. ”

- Erica Jong

“ The path is paved with consistent, conscious mental and spiritual alertness and the gradual growth of goodness in our heart and clarity in our mind. We are awake. If we keep trying to understand, we will understand. If we keep telling ourselves that we are loved by Life and if we keep looking for evidence of that love, we will find it. ”

- Donna Goddard

“ True love is not so much a matter of romance as it is a matter of anxious concern for the wellbeing of one's companion. ”

- Gordon B. Hinckley

“ Denna is a wild thing," I explained. "Like a hind or a summer storm. If a storm blows down your house, or breaks a tree, you don't say the storm was mean. It was cruel. It acted according to its nature and something unfortunately was hurt. The same is true of Denna. ”

- Patrick Rothfuss

“ Legacy is greater than currency ”

- Gary Vaynerchuk