Quotes for All
We are a material-mad race of people. Build, increase, expand, pile up, hoard! More and more and more. “If we can just make enough money to-to- !” Jesus said: Sell what ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, … Read more
Too much of the world’s happiness depends on taking from one to satisfy another. To increase my standard of living, someone in another part of the world must lower his. The worldwide crisis of hunger that we face today is a result of that method of pursuing happiness. Industrialized nations acquire appetites for more and … Read more
Modern man is drinking and drugging himself out of awareness, or he spends his time shopping, which is the same thing. Ernest Becker
Man today is fascinated by the possibility of buying, more, better, and especially, new things. He is consumption hungry… To buy the latest gadget, the latest model of anything that is on the market, is the dream of everybody, in comparison to which the real pleasure in use is quite secondary. Modern man, if the … Read more
Modern man is alienated from himself, from his fellow men, and from nature. He has been transformed into a commodity, experiences his life forces as an investment which must bring him the maximum profit obtainable under existing market conditions. Erich Fromm
With breathtaking rapidity, we are destroying all that was lovely to look at and turning America into a prison house of the spirit. The affluent society, with relentless single-minded energy, is turning our cities, most of suburbia and most of our roadways into the most affluent slum on earth. Eric Sevareid
There are two ways to be rich – one in the abundance of your possessions and the other in the fewness of your wants. E. Stanley Jones
What can become of him if he is in such bondage to the habit of satisfying the innumerable desires he has created for himself? He is isolated, and what concern has he with the rest of humanity? They have succeeded in accumulating a greater mass of objects, but the joy in the world has grown … Read more
The world has proclaimed the reign of freedom, especially of late, but what do we see in this freedom of theirs? Nothing but slavery and self-destruction! For the world says: \”You have desires and so satisfy them, for you have the same rights as the most rich and powerful. Don’t be afraid of satisfying them … Read more
Too many commercials. Too many lies. Too many celebrities. I don’t recognize. Too many brand names. Too many magazines. I got so much sensation, I can’t feel a thing. Simple. Living. Got to get to simple – living. Simple living. Simple… simply living. Fred Small