Quotes of Ivan Illich

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At the moment of death I hope to be surprised.

- Ivan Illich

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“ Those who complain about being constrained in their job and life should ask themselves one simple question. Are you constrained by chains or in your own mind? ”

- RJ Intindola

“ There are men so philosophical that they can see humor in their own toothaches. But there has never lived a man so philosophical that he could see the toothache in his own humor. ”

- H. L. Mencken

“ The key to success is not through achievement but through enthusiasm. ”

- Malcolm Forbes

“ My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it. ”

- Mark Twain

“ The pillow looked astonished, wondering what ended the late night river that used to run through it, but only he knows that she is the reason ”

- Ismaaciil C. Ubax

“ If two people love each other there can be no happy end to it. ”

- Ernest Hemingway

“ No,' Nora said, almost in a whisper. 'It's because ' she looked carefully for the words 'you didn't stare at me. I saw you blush, and you immediately lowered your eyes. And I should have been embarrassed, ashamed... but I, I just felt safe, and I stood there unafraid.' She closed her eyes, taking in all the feelings of gratitude she had for that moment. 'That's when I knew I could trust you in a way that I didn't know was possible. ”

- Hani Selim

“ Education must not simply teach work – it must teach Life. ”

- W. E. B. Du Bois

“ Writing is the knitting of the soul ”

- Khaled Talib

“ Do you have to make me feel like there's nothing left of me? You can take everything I have, you can break everything I am, like I am made of glass, like I am made of paper.Go on and try to tear me down I will be rising from the ground like a Skyscraper... ”

- Demi Lovato

“ Looks like to me we all begin and end in the same place. Perhaps we could love each other a little bit more along the way. ”

- Clyde Lee Dennis

“ Your environment will eat your goals and plans for breakfast. ”

- Steve Pavlina

“ The price of your birthday outfits should go costlier with respect to the ages you lived. ”

- Anwesha Mohanty ‘Anny’

“ ...most of the time, all you have is the moment, and the imperfect love of the people around you. ”

- Anne Lamott

“ You don't need a million dollars in the bank. You just have to have passion, hustle and drive ”

- Daymond John

“ One rarely falls in love without being as much attracted to what is interestingly wrong with someone as what is objectively healthy. ”

- Alain de Botton

“ When your only competition is becoming a better you, you will always win the game. ”

- Jackie Griffin

“ Yet there are moments when the walls of the mind grow thin; when nothing is unabsorbed, and I could fancy that we might blow so vast a bubble that the sun might set and rise in it and we might take the blue of midday and the black of midnight and be cast off and escape from here and now. ”

- Virginia Woolf

“ Glorious indeed is the world of God around us, but more glorious the world of God within us. ”

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“ Tough times never last. Tough people do ”

- Robert Schuller

“ Be brave. Don't just live in your cave till your grave. ”

- RVM

“ You left the same way you: with 6 duffle bags and your heart intact. ”

- Gandhi

“ Unrequited love’s a bore. ”

- Lorenz Hart

“ My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. ”

- Maya Angelou