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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“ Remember, darkness does not always equate to evil, just as light does not always bring good. ”

- P.C. Cast

“ The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience. ”

- Emily Dickinson

“ Are you asking me to undress, Tris?' A nervous laugh gurgles from my throat. 'Only ... partially ”

- Veronica Roth

“ Anything that makes weak physically, intellectually and spiritually, reject it as poison. ”

- Swami Vivekananda

“ Isn't it strange how we all start as strangers? Fall in love, share infinities, hurt each other, fall out of love to eventually end as the strangers we once were? ”

- Fiphie

“ All for one and one for all. ”

- Alexandre Dumas

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

- RVM

“ We're staying together," he promised. "You're not getting away from me. Never again. ”

- Rick Riordan

“ Love touched her heart, and lo! It beats high, and burns with such brave hearts. ”

- Richard Crawshaw

“ If you have kindness in your heart, you offer acts of kindness to touch the hearts of others wherever you go—whether they are random or planned. Kindness becomes a way of life. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ Keep your face always toward the sunshine and shadows will fall behind you. ”

- Walt Whitman

“ To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others. ”

- Anne Sophie Swetchine

“ This new day is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on the yesterdays. ”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“ Pet names are a persistant remnant of childhood, a reminder that life is not always so serious, so formal, so complicated. They are a reminder, too, that one is not all things to all people. ”

- Jhumpa Lahiri

“ When people think they know you and put you in a box, keep growing and give them the box. ”

- Jackie Griffin

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

- William Shakespeare

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

- Roy T. Bennett

“ It's all a conundrum, isn't it— forgetting the mixed tape in the car... feeling forgotten when... so many people are thinking of us? Drinking when we should be eating... sleeping when we should be making love... thanking God above when we don't have enough? Each day is a mad rush to something irrelevant. We measure our pricelessness by our successes, which... still equals money. Life goes by so quick when each day is a mad rush to slow motion. We eat fast food so that we can go to bed on time, but, trust me, everyone wakes up too late. ”

- Heather Angelika Dooley

“ When you become the image of your own imagination, it's the most powerful thing you could ever do. ”

- RuPaul

“ So don't you worry your pretty little mind because people throw rocks at things that shine. [Ours] ”

- Taylor Swift

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

- Anwesha Mohanty ‘Anny’

“ True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked. ”

- Erich Segal

“ Repetition is the mother of skill. (might be someone else who wrote it). ”

- Anthony Robbins

“ Being love rather than giving or taking love, is the only thing that provides stability. ”

- Ram Dass

“ You know her well. People are harder to sum up when you know them well. ”

- Veronica Roth