Quotes of Ivan Illich

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In a consumer society, there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy.

- Ivan Illich

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“ Her smile was innocent and naive as if she didn’t know anything other than to love and be kind to others. ”

- Mariyam Hasnain

“ The past can't hurt you anymore. Not unless you let it. They made you into a victim, Evey. They made you into a statistic. But, that's not the real you. That's not who you are inside. ”

- Alan Moore

“ A life lived in love will never be dull. ”

- Leo Buscaglia

“ Tell me then, does love make one a fool or do only fools fall in love? ”

- Orhan Pamuk

“ Don't let him take who you are. Make him fear who you'll become. ”

- Mary Weber

“ 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

“ And these aches in my heart create poetry! ”

- Avijeet Das

“ Where there’s marriage without love, there will be love without marriage. ”

- Benjamin Franklin

“ If ur laptop doesnt smell like fire then ur losing. ”

- Genereux Philip

“ Let no one who loves be called unhappy. Even love unreturned has its rainbow. ”

- J. M. Barrie

“ The only time a man can do the right thing is right now. ”

- John Verdon

“ I think romantic love evolved to enable you to focus your mating energy on just one individual at a time, thereby conserving mating time and energy. ”

- Helen Fisher

“ Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ I love you and it’s getting worse. ”

- Joseph E. Morris

“ You are successful in my book if you do what you love for a living; you do not owe money to anyone; you have a place what you call home; you have a wife/husband, a girlfriend/boyfriend, or a partner who loves and respects you; and most importantly, you are surrounded by friends and loved ones who stand by you in good and bad days. ”

- JOHN TASKINSOY

“ Keep in mind that three months worth of sowing equals three months of reaping at harvest, Remember not to stop sowing your fields in all ways in life after the first three months as its easy to feel good and live off of the fields already sowed but like a meat grinder the stock will eventually run out ”

- James D Wilson

“ Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack. ”

- Mary Roberts Rinehart

“ There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them. ”

- Phyllis Bottome

“ All for one and one for all. ”

- Alexandre Dumas

“ When someone beats a rug, the blows are not against the rug, but against the dust in it. ”

- Gandhi

“ Sometimes we may feel disheartened and demoralized but we must keep faith in ourselves. We may be going through a lot of ups and downs in our life. But we must realise that growth begins from chaos! ”

- Avijeet Das

“ I love women, but I feel like you can’t trust some of them. Some of them are liars, you know? Like I was in the park and I met this girl, she was cute and she had a dog. And I went up to her, we started talking. She told me her dog’s name. Then I said, ‘Does he bite?’ She said, ‘No.’ And I said, ‘Oh yeah? Then how does he eat?’ Liar. ”

- Demetri Martin

“ I hope she'll be a fool that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool. ”

- F. Scott Fitzgerald

“ Betrayal, Selfishness, Sly and many more! A kid is far away from understanding abstract nouns except one Love. ”

- Somya Kedia