ILLICH, IVAN : Language is like soil. However rich, it is subject to erosion, and its fertility is constantly threatened by uses that exhaust its vitality. It needs constant reinvigoration if it is not to become arid and sterile. (Elizabeth Drew, U.S. political journalist and author, 1887-1965Consumerism: In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy. (Ivan Illich, Croatian-Austrian philosopher, priest, and polemical critic of the institutions of Western culture, 1926-2002)

ILLICH, IVAN : In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy. (Ivan Illich, Croatian-Austrian philosopher, priest, and polemical critic of the institutions of Western culture, 1926-2002)

ILLICH, IVAN : Most learning is not the result of instruction. It is rather the result of unhampered participation in a meaningful setting. (Ivan Illich, Croatian-Austrian philosopher, priest, and polemical critic of the institutions of Western culture, 1926-2002)