Comfortable Quote by Gabriella Bennett

“Meanwhile, the must-haves we're encouraged to lust over bombard us from every direction. Jewellery. Clothes. Technology. Cars. In pursuit of them, the reasons for…

— Gabriella Bennett

“When we crumble under the exorbitant weight of conspicuous commodities and the material pressure in a universe of illusion, life may become disheveled and…

— Erik Pevernagie

“Whatever noblest things the mind received, More and more foreign matter spoils the theme; And when the good of this world is achieved, What’s…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“When life hasn’t got a swing anymore, people may give in to obsessive oniomaniac compulsions, in as much as they are going out of…

— Erik Pevernagie

That the happiness of man may still remain imperfect, as wants in this place are easily supplied, new wants likewise are easily created; every…

— Samuel Johnson

“Removing possessions begins to turn back our desire for more as we find freedom, happiness, and abundance in owning less. And”

— Joshua Becker

“Materialism, to some extent, requires that the consumer is not fully present or happy. In the moments of a spending frenzy you feel more…

— Patsy Rodenburg

“Luxury always comes at someone else’s expense. One of the many advantages of civilization is that one doesn’t generally have to see that, if…

— Ann Leckie

“Life is less a burden without an absolute quest for material possessions”

— Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

“The world has become a playground filled with mental and materialistic superficiality. And, there are many things that we enjoy. This encourages us to…

— Steve Leasock

“...luxury is the enemy of observation, a costly indulgence that induces such a good feeling that you notice nothing. Luxury spoils and infantilizes you…

— Paul Theroux

“What most people really desire is something quite different from industrial gimmickry- liberty, spontaneity, nakedness, mystery, wildness, wilderness.”

— Edward Abbey