Consumerism Quote by Elise M. Boulding

Happiness does not come from consumption of things.

— Anonymous

Happiness is a myth. It was invented to make us buy new things.

— Gregory David Roberts

I think if you ask what people really mean by happiness today, it is the experience of unlimited consumption - the kind of thing…

— Erich Fromm

Happiness doesn't belong to those who have everything, but to those who can appreciate what they have.

— Nishan Panwar

“One of the strangest things in life is the false ideas everywhere prevalent regarding the nature of happiness. The general belief seems to be…

— Orison Swett Marden

Happiness does not come from the things that we have but the abandoning of things that we cling to, by letting go of the…

— Kevin Griffin

Happiness is experienced largely in striving towards a goal, not in having attained things, because our nature is always to want to go on…

— Albert Ellis

“Research shows that the pursuit of material wealth and achievements fails to create true happiness and that happiness depends four times as much on…

— Chris Masi

Happiness worth having is the warm glow that comes from investing ourselves in the world around us, come what may. It cannot be passively…

— Nick Baylis

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.

— George Bernard Shaw

Happiness is a wondrous commodity: the more you give, the more you have.

— Madame de Stael

True happiness is always available to us, but first we have to create the environment for it to flourish.

— Sakyong Mipham