He has much who needs least. Do not create necessities for yourself. — Josemaria Escriva Copy Share Image
Commercial conquest is far more thorough and final than military defeat. — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
Human overconsumption is a greater problem than human population growth, and meat eating is a big part of that problem. — Sharon Gannon Copy Share Image
Not what you possess but what you do with what you have, determines your true worth. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
There are two ways to be rich - one in the abundance of your possessions and the other in the fewness of… — E. Stanley Jones Copy Share Image
If thou art rich, thou art poor; for, like an ass, whose back with ingots bows, thou bearest thy heavy riches but… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
With respect to physical existence, one needs little, and to the degree that one needs less, the more perfect one is. — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
But the meaning of life is not . . . explained by one's business life, nor is the deep desire of the… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
We over-eat, over-buy, and over-built, spewing out our toxic wastes upon the earth and into the air. — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
What is a man if he is not a thief who openly charges as much as he can for the goods he… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
It is not because food, clothes and property are inherently evil that Christians today must lower their standard of living. It is… — Ronald J. Sider Copy Share Image
Consume more than you need This is the dream Make you pauper Or make you queen I won't die lonely I'll have… — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
With breathtaking rapidity, we are destroying all that was lovely to look at and turning America into a prison house of the… — Eric Sevareid Copy Share Image
Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends. Turn… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The reality is that our economy now consists of driving 250 million vehicles around the suburbs and malls and eating fried chicken.… — Joe Bageant Copy Share Image
What is the chief end of man?-to get rich. In what way?-dishonestly if we can; honestly if we must. Who is God,… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The gospel preached during every television show is 'You only go around once in life, so get all the gusto you can.'… — John Silber Copy Share Image
That happiness is to be attained through limitless material acquisition is denied by every religion and philosophy known to mankind, but is… — Robert Neelly Bellah Copy Share Image
The writing has been on the wall for some years now, but we are a nation illiterate in the language of the… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
The individual is denuded of everything but appetites, desires, and tastes, wrenched from any context of human obligation or commitment. It is… — Jeremy Seabrook Copy Share Image
The need of a constantly expanding market for its products chases the bourgeoisie over the entire surface of the globe. It must… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
Most persons think that a state in order to be happy ought to be large; but even if they are right, they… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
What does a man need - really need? A few pounds of food each day, heat and shelter, six feet to lie… — Sterling Hayden Copy Share Image
What worries some people about consumption (and I confess at the outset to be one of these ambivalent creatures, fat but troubled… — Rodney Clapp Copy Share Image
In a nation that was proud of hard work, strong families, close-knit communities, and our faith in God, too many of us… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Many Christians, though keenly sensitive to the dangers of greed and discontent that come with an economy of continually increasing consumption, nevertheless… — Joy Davidman Copy Share Image
“We each make our solo voyages to deep, expansive waters. Alone in our contest with the wider world, we test our mettle… — Carl Safina Copy Share Image
There are not enough rich and powerful people to consume the whole world; for that, the rich and powerful need the help… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
But prosperity without a soul is like a corpse whose heart has stopped beating. There is no life, only consumption. — Cal Thomas Copy Share Image
Nobody who gets enough food and clothing in a world where most are hungry and cold has any business to talk about… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Never buy what you do not want, because it is cheap; it will be dear to you. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
