Affluent Quote by Erich Fromm Download Open image “The only truly affluent are those who do not want more than they have.” — Erich Fromm ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Affluent Want
The fact is that, except for those very few whose wealth is overwhelmingly or entirely inherited, the more affluent have usually worked harder than… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
A rich person is not the one who has the most but the one who needs the least. — Jezreel Copy Share Image
They are not poor that have little, but they that desire much. The richest man, whatever his lot, is the one whos content with… — Superman Copy Share Image
The wealth is ultimately just a relative thing. As a person with little money and little more needs to rich guys money but really… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
A lot of wealthy people, they don't realize they have the alternatives of spending the money for good. — Chuck Feeney Copy Share Image
The reason why we see that people of the greatest capacity are not rich, is either they despise wealth in comparison to something else,… — Eustace Budgell Copy Share Image
One of the strangest things about life is that the poor, who need the money the most, are the ones that never have it. — Finley Peter Dunne Copy Share Image
The poor have little; beggars, none; the rich, too much; enough, not one. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Only when man succeeds in developing his reason and love further than he has done so far, only when he can build a world… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“It is hardly necessary to stress the fact that the ability to love as an act of giving depends on the character development of… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The pace of science forces the pace of technique. Theoretical physics forces atomic energy on us; the successful production of the fission bomb forces… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Exploitation and manipulation produce boredom and triviality; they cripple man, and all factors that make man into a psychic cripple turn him also into… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Well-being is possible to the degree to which one has overcome one's narcissism; to the degree to which one is open, responsive, sensitive, awake,… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“The wealth of data to be found in social and political life. The belief that people do not want to make sacrifices is notoriously… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
By equality, one once understood equality in the very same sense in which the Bible speaks of equality: that we are all equal, inasmuch… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“Human beings had two basic orientations: HAVING and BEING HAVING: seeks to acquire, posses things even people BEING: focuses on the experience; exchanging, engaging,… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“Most people are not even aware of their need to conform. They live under the illusion that they follow their own ideas and inclinations,… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Just as modern mass production requires the standardization of commodities, so the social process requires standardization of man, and this standardization is called equality. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
From the clayey soil of northern Wyoming is mined bentonite, which is used as filler in candy, gum, and lipstick. We Americans are great… — Gretel Ehrlich Copy Share Image
Developed and benefited from the unsustainable patterns of production and consumption which have produced our present dilemma. It is clear that current lifestyles and… — Maurice Strong Copy Share Image
Tax reduction has an almost irresistible appeal to the politician, and it is no doubt also gratifying to the citizen. It means more dollars… — John W. Gardner Copy Share Image
Professionalism in medicine has given us medial miracles for the affluent but hospitals that will charge $35 for aspirin. — Bill James Copy Share Image
We fought hard for socialism in a devastating war of independence and reunification. To build an affluent and prosperous society, we chose the path… — Nguyen Minh Triet Copy Share Image
We get richer and richer in filthier and filthier communities until we reach a final state of affluent misery - crocus on a garbage… — John W. Gardner Copy Share Image
When I first began visiting West Germany in the early 1980s, I was startled by the contrast between Birmingham, where I went to school,… — Luke Harding Copy Share Image
The American people are extraordinarily comfortable, affluent, and secure. It's easy for us to make the argument that God's purpose is being fulfilled through… — Walter Russell Mead Copy Share Image
Rich people in poor places want to show off their wealth. And their less affluent counterparts feel pressure to fake it, at least in… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
...no matter how complex or affluent, human societies are nothing but subsystems of the biosphere, the Earth's thin veneer of life, which is ultimately… — Vaclav Smil Copy Share Image
Obama's assault on the affluent rests upon a sky-high stack of lies. Obama is too well staffed and too well informed not to know… — Deroy Murdock Copy Share Image
It's amazing how people can get so excited about a rocket to the moon and not give a damn about smog, oil leaks, the… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
