"Effective health care depends on self-care; this fact is currently heralded as if it were a discovery." ― Ivan Illich Topic(s): Health More From Ivan Illich "At the moment of death I hope to be surprised." "Healthy people are those who live in healthy homes on a healthy diet; in an environment equally fit for birth, growth work, healing, and dying… Healthy people need no bureaucratic interference to mate, give birth, share the human condition and die." "The compulsion to do good is an innate American trait. Only North Americans seem to believe that they always should, may, and actually can choose somebody with whom to share their blessings. Ultimately this attitude leads to bombing people into the acceptance of gifts." More In Health "It’s OK to be outspoken about your faith."― Tim Tebow "Is Medicare socialism? You want to get rid of Medicare. And a lot of the people against health care do. I want to preserve it and grow it."― Anthony Weiner "The preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical morality."― Herbert Spencer