Consumerism Quotes

212 Consumerism quotes by 162 unique authors

If the Christ we follow sent out his disciples with no extra possessions (Luke 9:1-6 and 10:1-12) and warned would-be devotees that he had nowhere… — Marva Dawn
It is important to recognize that behind the razzmatazz of consumerism, we all remain dependent on basic natural resources - land, air, water and biodiversity… — Klaus Topfer
It is more blessed to give than to receive, but then it is also more blessed to be able to do without than to have… — Soren Kierkegaard
It is not because food, clothes and property are inherently evil that Christians today must lower their standard of living. It is because others are… — Ronald J. Sider
It is not earthly riches which make us or our sons happy; for they must either be lost by us in our lifetime, or be… — Saint Augustine
It is not necessity but abundance which produces greed. — Michel de Montaigne
It is partly to avoid consciousness of greed that we prefer to associate with those who are at least as greedy as we ourselves. Those… — Charles Horton Cooley
Many Christians, though keenly sensitive to the dangers of greed and discontent that come with an economy of continually increasing consumption, nevertheless feel that it… — Joy Davidman
Modern man is drinking and drugging himself out of awareness, or he spends his time shopping, which is the same thing. — Ernest Becker
Modern society will find no solution to the ecological problem unless it takes a serious look at its lifestyle. In many parts of the world… — Pope John Paul II
Most persons think that a state in order to be happy ought to be large; but even if they are right, they have no idea… — Aristotle
New pressures are causing ever more people to find their main satisfaction in their consumptive role rather than in their productive role. And these pressures… — Vance Packard
No one who had once learned to identify happiness with wealth ever felt that he had wealth enough. — Joy Davidman
Nobody who gets enough food and clothing in a world where most are hungry and cold has any business to talk about 'misery.' — C.S. Lewis
Not what you possess but what you do with what you have, determines your true worth. — Thomas Carlyle
O America, how you've taken necessities from the masses to give luxuries to the classes. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Our present culture, however, specializes in inflaming endless lust for possessions with advertisements that constantly convince us that we need more (particularly to create the… — Marva Dawn
Overconsumption is a "cancer eating away at our spiritual vitals." It cuts the heart right out of our compassion. It distances us from the great… — Richard J. Foster
Overconsumption is the mother of all environmental problems. For the first time in the history of capitalism, consumption itself has become controversial. — Kalle Lasn
Overpopulation is the problem of the third and fourth World; over-consumption is the problem of the West. The average American child this year will consume… — Richard J. Foster

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