"This crippling of individuals I consider the worst……" — Albert Einstein
"This crippling of individuals I consider the worst evil of capitalism. Our whole educational system suffers from this evil. An exaggerated competitive attitude is inculcated into the student, who is trained to worship acquisitive success as a preparation for his future."
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The problem with capitalism is that it best rewards the worst part of us: the ruthless, competitive, conniving, opportunistic, acquisitive…
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Photographs are perhaps the most mysterious of all the objects that make up, and thicken, the environment we recognize as…
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I have watched hundreds of Christians in my time become financially blessed then develop an acquisitive streak that in turn…
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Innate sensuousness rarely has any desire for accuracy, no desire for precise information. It basks in sunshine, bathes in color,…
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— Walter Lippmann
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But death's acquisitive instincts will win.
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— Mahatma Gandhi
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— Peter York
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— Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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