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Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.
Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.
What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more.. Epictetus, c read more
What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more.. Epictetus, c 200 AD -Seneca.
Most people seek after what they do not possess and are thus enslaved by the very things they want to read more
Most people seek after what they do not possess and are thus enslaved by the very things they want to acquire. William R. Bradford -Anwar El-Sadat.
Materialism is the only form of distraction from true bliss.
Materialism is the only form of distraction from true bliss.
Cars and cameras are the two things I let myself be materialistic about. I don't care about other stuff.
Cars and cameras are the two things I let myself be materialistic about. I don't care about other stuff.
You buy furniture. You tell yourself, this is the last sofa I will ever need in my life. Buy the read more
You buy furniture. You tell yourself, this is the last sofa I will ever need in my life. Buy the sofa, then for a couple years you're satisfied that no matter what goes wrong, at least you've got your sofa issue handled. Then the right set of dishes. Then the perfect bed. The drapes. The rug. Then you're trapped in your lovely nest, and the things you used to own, now they own you.
The best things in life aren't things.
The best things in life aren't things.
Most men love money and security more, and creation and construction less, as they get older.
Most men love money and security more, and creation and construction less, as they get older.
There is one advantage to having nothing, it never needs repair.
There is one advantage to having nothing, it never needs repair.
