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> [Most of us would like to end our lives feeling both that we had a good time and that we left the world a little better than we found it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-slater/most-of-us-would-like-to-end-our-lives-feeling-both-that-we-had-a/)

[Philip Slater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-slater/)

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## More by Philip Slater

> [I doubt that we Americans can come to terms with our money neuroses without understanding the more florid pathology of the very rich for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-slater/i-doubt-that-we-americans-can-come-to-terms-with-our-money-neuroses/)

[Philip Slater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-slater/)

> [Every apathetic individual is a brick in a tyrant's throne.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-slater/every-apathetic-individual-is-a-brick-in-a-tyrant-s-throne/)

[Philip Slater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-slater/)

> [It is a mistake - as so many over-centralized socialist societies have discovered - to try to eliminate money as an incentive. Money is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-slater/it-is-a-mistake-as-so-many-over-centralized-socialist-societies-have/)

[Philip Slater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-slater/)

> [Every time we buy something we deepen our emotional deprivation and hence our need to buy something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-slater/every-time-we-buy-something-we-deepen-our-emotional-deprivation-and/)

[Philip Slater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-slater/)

> [A true community maximizes the potential of whatever human resources exist within it (by allowing for all possible combinations), while networks minimize such utilization,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-slater/a-true-community-maximizes-the-potential-of-whatever-human-resources/)

[Philip Slater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-slater/)

> [Our economy is based on spending billions to persuade people that happiness is buying things, and then insisting that the only way to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-slater/our-economy-is-based-on-spending-billions-to-persuade-people-that/)

[Philip Slater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-slater/)

> [Motors make noise and that tells you about the feelings and attitudes that went into it. Something was more important than sensory pleasure -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-slater/motors-make-noise-and-that-tells-you-about-the-feelings-and-attitudes/)

[Philip Slater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-slater/)

> [At a conservative estimate, there are probably a million men and women in their twenties and thirties who would happily work long hours doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-slater/at-a-conservative-estimate-there-are-probably-a-million-men-and-women/)

[Philip Slater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-slater/)

> [One of the main reasons wealth makes people unhappy is that it gives them too much control over what they experience. They try to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-slater/one-of-the-main-reasons-wealth-makes-people-unhappy-is-that-it-gives/)

[Philip Slater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-slater/)

> [A coincidence is a trend we have decided not to take seriously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-slater/a-coincidence-is-a-trend-we-have-decided-not-to-take-seriously/)

[Philip Slater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-slater/)

> [Most of us would like to end our lives feeling both that we had a good time and that we left the world a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-slater/most-of-us-would-like-to-end-our-lives-feeling-both-that-we-had-a/)

[Philip Slater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-slater/)

> [If we define pornography as any message from any communication medium that is intended to arouse sexual excitement, then it is clear that most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-slater/if-we-define-pornography-as-any-message-from-any-communication-medium/)

[Philip Slater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-slater/)

> [“Individualism may be the greatest boon to authoritarianism since the whip, and has helped prolong it well beyond its natural lifespan. Its message is:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-slater/individualism-may-be-the-greatest-boon-to-authoritarianism-since-the/)

[Philip Slater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-slater/)

> [We seek more and more privacy, and feel more and more alienated and lonely when we get it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-slater/we-seek-more-and-more-privacy-and-feel-more-and-more-alienated-and/)

[Philip Slater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-slater/)

> [People can bear anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-slater/people-can-bear-anything/)

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