Modern medicine is a negation of health. It isn't organized to serve human health, but only itself, as an institution. It makes more people sick than it heals.

Quote by Ivan Illich

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We must rediscover the distinction between hope and expectation.

We must rediscover the distinction between hope and expectation.

At the moment of death I hope to be surprised.

At the moment of death I hope to be surprised.

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

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

The compulsion to do good is an innate American trait. Only North Americans seem to...

The compulsion to do good is an innate American trait. Only North Americans seem to...

Healthy people are those who live in healthy homes on a healthy diet; in an...

Healthy people are those who live in healthy homes on a healthy diet; in an...

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

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

Leadership does not depend on being right.

Leadership does not depend on being right.

School divides life into two segments, which are increasingly of comparable length. As much as...

School divides life into two segments, which are increasingly of comparable length. As much as...

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.

Together we have come to realize that for most men the right to learn is...

Together we have come to realize that for most men the right to learn is...

An educated person is one who has learned that information almost always turns out to...

An educated person is one who has learned that information almost always turns out to...

The liturgy, like the feast, exists not to educate but to seduce people into participating...

The liturgy, like the feast, exists not to educate but to seduce people into participating...

Experience is the best teacher, but the tuition is high.

Experience is the best teacher, but the tuition is high.

Storytellers, by the very act of telling, communicate a radical learning that changes lives and...

Storytellers, by the very act of telling, communicate a radical learning that changes lives and...

Learning to live on less pride has been a great investment in my future.

Learning to live on less pride has been a great investment in my future.

No, I'm no enemy to learning; it hurts not me.

No, I'm no enemy to learning; it hurts not me.

When a child is learning to write, it is extremely easy for it to hold...

When a child is learning to write, it is extremely easy for it to hold...

No, I'm no enemy to learning; it hurts not me.

No, I'm no enemy to learning; it hurts not me.

We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it...

We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it...

Technology is changing our lives. It cannot and will not change what is fundamental to...

Technology is changing our lives. It cannot and will not change what is fundamental to...

You don't appreciate a lot of stuff in school until you get older. Little things...

You don't appreciate a lot of stuff in school until you get older. Little things...