Una vez que un hombre o una mujer ha aceptado la necesidad de la escuela, es fácil presa de otras instituciones - Ivan Illich

Rodeado por herramientas todopoderosas, el hombre queda reducido a ser instrumento de sus instrumentos.

"Most learning is not the result of instruction. It is rather the result of unhampered participation in a meaningful setting. Most people learn best by being "with it," yet school makes them identify their personal, cognitive growth with elaborate planning and manipulation."

The prestige of a puny national team in the medical Olympics is used to intensify a nationwide addiction to therapeutic relationships that are pathogenic on a level much deeper than mere medical vandalism. More health damage is caused by people's belief that they cannot cope with their illness unless they call on the doctor than doctors could ever cause by foisting their ministrations on people.