Quotes Tagged With :consumerism

The way of the consumerist culture is to spend so much energy chasing happiness that it has none left....

The Master said, “A true gentleman is one who has set his heart upon the Way. A fellow who is ashamed....

Whom one is speaking to - or which aspect of their character - fundamentally determines the meaning and....

Today we live in a society that seems to be less and less concerned with reality. We drink instant coffee....

We believe we are the consumers, but we are the consumed.

If you’ve ever taken an economics course you know that markets are supposed to be based on informed....

If you can't reuse or repair an item, do you ever really own it? Do you ever really own it? Do you ever....

And that discovery would betray the closely guarded secret of modern culture to the laughter of the world.....

Are these things really better than the things I already have? Or am I just trained to be dissatisfied....

We know – it has been measured in many experiments – that children with strong impulse control grow....