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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“ 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

“ Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself. ”

- Andrew Carnegie

“ 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

“ If you suddenly stumble upon the right door, you will not be able to recognize that it is right. ”

- Osho

“ I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will always eventually triumph, and there is purpose and worth to each and every life. ”

- Ronald Reagan

“ Getting an idea should be like sitting down on a pin. It should make you jump up and do something. ”

- E. L. Simpson

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

- Ram Dass

“ To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground. ”

- Stephen Covey

“ Most people never truly live because they never do what they truly love. ”

- Tanner Walling

“ And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about. ”

- Haruki Murakami

“ Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pound ought and six, result misery. ”

- Charles Dickens

“ I just...I just miss him. And I hate being so alone. ”

- Suzanne Collins

“ I love words.  I crave descriptions that overwhelm my imagination with vivid detail.  I dwell on phrases that make my heart thrum.  I cherish expressions that pierce my emotions and force the tears to spill over.   In essence, I long for a writer's soul sealed in ink on the page. ”

- Richelle E. Goodrich

“ Tough times never last. Tough people do ”

- Robert Schuller

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

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ To love oneself is the beginning of a life long romance. ”

- Oscar Wilde

“ There are many Mondays to go before I die. I may as well look forward to them. ”

- Trevor Carss

“ Our children will be counted, and justice will be served. Our babies deserve a fair chance at life. We are our children’s groundbreakers; therefore, we cannot give up. We might run out of breath but we must have the willpower when moving forward to fight for our children’s voices to be heard. Bullying is not accepted ”

- Charlena E. Jackson

“ Enmity builds walls; love builds bridges. Enlightenment is the highway to world peace. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ Motorbike Poem by Malay Roy Choudhury I am on motorbike yezdi yamaha when flanked by horizon gallop backwards through sand blizzard tinsel clouds explode at my feet without helmet and speedsplit air at eighty in midsummer simoon each soundcart recedes onrushing lorries flee in a flash No time to brood but Yes accident expected anytime may even turn into a junkheap in a droughtnursed field. Translation of Bengali original 'Motor Cycle ”

- Malay Roychoudhury

“ Love comforteth like sunshine after rain. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love. ”

- Mother Teresa

“ If music be the food of love, play on. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ I love the Lord, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live. (Psalms 116:12 NIV) ”

- Anonymous