I agree with Dreher when he writes, 'we can't build anything good unless we live by the belief that man does not… — Paul Weyrich Copy Share Image
However destructive may be the policies of the government and the methods and products of the corporations, the root of the problem… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
It was with the Industrial Revolution, as society plunged ever more eagerly into the conquest of material riches and bent all its… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
“Suppose every photo of me ever taken was an infinitesimal piece? Every magazine ad, every negative, every frame of motion picture film… — David J. Schow Copy Share Image
...the tragedy of consumerism: one acquires more and more things without taking the time to ever see and know them, and thus… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
All of us experience the sad effects of blind submission to consumerism. In the first place it represents crass materialism. At the… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Modern society will find no solution to the ecological problem unless it takes a serious look at its lifestyle. In many parts… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
“To rediscover Christian asceticism is urgent for believers who want to train their hearts, and the hearts of their children, to resist… — Rod Dreher Copy Share Image
We must waste less. We must do more for ourselves and for each other. It is either that or continue merely to… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
“I suppose I’ve come a long way from: being drunk enough to drive; tired enough to replace sleep with pills; irresponsible enough… — Volatalistic Phil Copy Share Image
Their property held them in chains...chains which shackled their courage and choked their faith and hampered their judgment and throttled their soul...If… — Cyprian Copy Share Image
We really must understand that the lust for affluence in contemporary society is psychotic. It is psychotic because it has completely lost… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
Unless the church is equipping believers to embrace the values and vision of the kingdom of God and turn away from the… — Alan Hirsch Copy Share Image
The mystical nature of American consumption accounts for its joylessness. We spend a great deal of time in stores, but if we… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
“The phrase "consumer society" complements the description of the present social order as an "industrial society." Needs are tailored by the mass… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
“According to a number of recent commentators, we are already living in the twilight years of the empire of things. They announce… — Frank Trentmann Copy Share Image
“And since one of the main purposes of social policy is to keep the population passive, people with power are going to… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Corporate America limits the world to consumerism. Science can limit it to the material world. Even religion limits it to a lot… — Scott Derrickson Copy Share Image
The world has proclaimed the reign of freedom, especially of late, but what do we see in this freedom of theirs? Nothing… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Cupidity...takes created things for ends in themselves, which they are not. The will that seeks rest in creatures for their own sake… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Most Christian 'believers' tend to echo the cultural prejudices and worldviews of the dominant group in their country, with only a minority… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“The U.S. will never be a free and happy nation while they continue to exploit and marginalize the Third World. The Third… — Mev Puleo Copy Share Image
When humans act like animals, they become the most dangerous of animals to themselves and other humans, and this is because of… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
I don't mean to criticize anyone in any way that I wouldn't criticize myself. I think people should have fun, and have… — Natalie Portman Copy Share Image
Can we reasonably expect happiness from an insatiable appetite which, no matter how it stuffs its belly, is still psychologically like Oliver… — Joy Davidman Copy Share Image
The money economy thus leaves a large ecological footprint, defined as the amount of land and resources required to meet a typical… — Stuart L. Hart Copy Share Image
“customer-service approach co-opts and domesticates any oppositional practices that manage to gain steam, and protects consumerism’s core operating principles: that social relations… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The latest trend seems to be these DJs doing pre-recorded sets, in perfect pitch with the lights & acts on stage. Everything… — Eddy de Clercq Copy Share Image
“The human animal is a beast that dies and if he's got money he buys and buys and buys and I think… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
The culture industry perpetually cheats its consumers of what it perpetually promises. The promissory note which, with its plots and staging, it… — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
Consumerism is, quite precisely, the consuming of life by the things consumed. It is living in a manner that is measured by… — Richard John Neuhaus Copy Share Image
It's no surprise that if you look at the development of the economy, of consumerism, of all these things that have gotten… — Peter Buffett Copy Share Image
Roughly two billion people participate in the money economy, with less than half of those living in the wealthy countries of the… — Stuart L. Hart Copy Share Image
Just when you thought multi-nationals and crazed consumerism were too big to fight, along comes Naomi Klein with facts, spirit, and news… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
I understand that it's the music that keeps me alive... That's my lifeblood. And to give that up for, like, the TV,… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
“Now, sorcery rules the world. Of course, most don't call it sorcery; indeed, many would be horrified by such a notion. Instead,… — H.M. Forester Copy Share Image
By the same token, frozen dinners, a microwave oven, a dishwasher, and an illegal immigrant hired to clean the house and take… — Robert Wuthnow Copy Share Image
We live in an era of consumerism and it's all about desire - based consumerism and it has nothing to do with… — Aloe Blacc Copy Share Image
I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know… — Paul the Apostle Copy Share Image
“No one told her Trader Joe's sold Advent calendars for cats. She found out on her own, rolling her card down the… — Stewart O'Nan Copy Share Image
