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Ivan Illich quotes: The State shall make no law with respect to the establishment of education.

The State shall make no law with respect to the establishment of education.

Ivan Illich quotes: The myth of unending consumption has taken the place of the belief in life everlasting.

The myth of unending consumption has taken the place of the belief in life everlasting.

Ivan Illich quotes: We must rediscover the distinction between hope and expectation.

We must rediscover the distinction between hope and expectation.

Ivan Illich quotes: At the moment of death I hope to be surprised.

At the moment of death I hope to be surprised.

Ivan Illich quotes: We can only live changes: we cannot think our way to humanity. Every one of us, every group, must become the model of that which we desire to create.

We can only live changes: we cannot think our way to humanity. Every one of us, every group, must become the model of that which we desire to create.

Ivan Illich quotes: There is no greater distance than that between a man in prayer and God.

There is no greater distance than that between a man in prayer and God.

Ivan Illich quotes: Learning from programmed information always hides reality behind a screen.

Learning from programmed information always hides reality behind a screen.

Ivan Illich quotes: In both rich and poor nations consumption is polarized while expectation is equalized.

In both rich and poor nations consumption is polarized while expectation is equalized.

Ivan Illich quotes: Leadership does not depend on being right.

Leadership does not depend on being right.

Ivan Illich quotes: If you want to change society then you must tell an alternative story.

If you want to change society then you must tell an alternative story.

Ivan Illich quotes: Schools themselves pervert the natural inclination to grow and learn into the demand for instruction.

Schools themselves pervert the natural inclination to grow and learn into the demand for instruction.

Ivan Illich quotes: The public school has become the established church of secular society.

The public school has become the established church of secular society.

Ivan Illich quotes: P3- every simple need to which an institutional answer is found permit the invention of a new class of poor and a new definition of poverty

P3- every simple need to which an institutional answer is found permit the invention of a new class of poor and a new definition of poverty

Ivan Illich quotes: Culture makes pain tolerable by interpreting it's necessity; only pain perceived as curable is intolerable.

Culture makes pain tolerable by interpreting it's necessity; only pain perceived as curable is intolerable.

Ivan Illich quotes: P3- everywhere not only education but society as a whole needs deschooling.

P3- everywhere not only education but society as a whole needs deschooling.

Ivan Illich quotes: P24- the power of school loss to divide social reality has no boundaries education becomes unworldly and the world becomes noneducational

P24- the power of school loss to divide social reality has no boundaries education becomes unworldly and the world becomes noneducational

Ivan Illich quotes: The medical establishment has become the major threat to health.

The medical establishment has become the major threat to health.

Ivan Illich quotes: What kinds of things and people might learners want to be in contact with in order to learn?

What kinds of things and people might learners want to be in contact with in order to learn?

Ivan Illich quotes: Man must choose whether to be rich in things or in the freedom to use them.

Man must choose whether to be rich in things or in the freedom to use them.

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

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

Ivan Illich quotes: P3- modernised poverty combines the lack of power over circumstances with a loss of personal potency

P3- modernised poverty combines the lack of power over circumstances with a loss of personal potency

Ivan Illich quotes: Schools teach the need to be taught.

Schools teach the need to be taught.

Ivan Illich quotes: People need new tools to work with rather than new tools that work for them.

People need new tools to work with rather than new tools that work for them.

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

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 quotes: Any industrial product that comes in per capita quanta beyond a given intensity exercises a radical monopoly over the satisfaction of a need.

Any industrial product that comes in per capita quanta beyond a given intensity exercises a radical monopoly over the satisfaction of a need.

Ivan Illich quotes: The public is indoctrinated to believe that skills are valuable and reliable only if they are the result of formal schooling.

The public is indoctrinated to believe that skills are valuable and reliable only if they are the result of formal schooling.

Ivan Illich quotes: The new experience that has replaced dignified suffering is artificially prolonged, opaque, depersonalized maintenance.

The new experience that has replaced dignified suffering is artificially prolonged, opaque, depersonalized maintenance.

Ivan Illich quotes: I don't want to die of some disease I want to die of death

I don't want to die of some disease I want to die of death

Ivan Illich quotes: The household has become the place where the consumption of wages takes place

The household has become the place where the consumption of wages takes place

Ivan Illich quotes: Effective health care depends on self-care; this fact is currently heralded as if it were a discovery.

Effective health care depends on self-care; this fact is currently heralded as if it were a discovery.

Ivan Illich quotes: It is really an alienation to believe that learning is the result of teaching.

It is really an alienation to believe that learning is the result of teaching.

Ivan Illich quotes: Carry a candle in the dark, be a candle in the dark, know that you're a flame in the dark.

Carry a candle in the dark, be a candle in the dark, know that you're a flame in the dark.

Ivan Illich quotes: I know of no industrial society where women are the economic equals of men. Of everything that economics measures, women get less.

I know of no industrial society where women are the economic equals of men. Of everything that economics measures, women get less.

Ivan Illich quotes: Losses of a kind of satisfaction that have no market equivalent don't show up in the calculations of economists.

Losses of a kind of satisfaction that have no market equivalent don't show up in the calculations of economists.

Ivan Illich quotes: A political program which does not explicitly recognize the need for deschooling is not revolutionary; it is demagoguery calling for more of the same.

A political program which does not explicitly recognize the need for deschooling is not revolutionary; it is demagoguery calling for more of the same.

Ivan Illich quotes: To deschool means to abolish the power of one person to oblige another.

To deschool means to abolish the power of one person to oblige another.

Ivan Illich quotes: Jesus was an anarchist savior. That's what the Gospels tell us.

Jesus was an anarchist savior. That's what the Gospels tell us.

Ivan Illich quotes: P8- mere existence of school discourages and disables the poor from taking control of their own learning.

P8- mere existence of school discourages and disables the poor from taking control of their own learning.

Ivan Illich quotes: To hell with the future. It's a man-eating idol.

To hell with the future. It's a man-eating idol.

Ivan Illich quotes: Together we have come to realize that for most men the right to learn is curtailed by the obligation to attend school.

Together we have come to realize that for most men the right to learn is curtailed by the obligation to attend school.

Ivan Illich quotes: School is the advertising agency which makes you believe that you need the society as it is.

School is the advertising agency which makes you believe that you need the society as it is.

Ivan Illich quotes: P7- citizens have learned to think rich and live poor.

P7- citizens have learned to think rich and live poor.