"Consumerism is, quite precisely, the consuming of life……" — Richard John Neuhaus
"Consumerism is, quite precisely, the consuming of life by the things consumed. It is living in a manner that is measured by having rather than being... and consumerism is hardly the sin of the rich. The poor, driven by discontent and envy, may be as consumed by what they do not have as the rich are consumed by what they do have. The question is not, certainly not most importantly, a question about economics. It is first and foremost a cultural and moral problem requiring a cultural and moral remedy."
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Richard John Neuhaus
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25 Quotes by Richard John Neuhaus
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One would like to believe that people who think of themselves as devout Christians would also behave in a manner…
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In legal parlance, that is called 'the rational person test,' ... That's where somebody else says, 'Even though we have…
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If the cause of poverty is marginalization, the cure is inclusion.
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Every day of the year is a good day to think more deeply about Good Friday, for Good Friday is…
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One must never underestimate the profound bigotry and anti-intellectualism and intolerance and illiberality of liberalism.
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Progress without the reasoned freedom to think and act is regression to slavery.
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My hope that the Church will emerge as a strong leader in society is just that a hope. What I…
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Socialism is the religion people get when they lose their religion.
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We shall not weary, we shall not rest, as we stand guard at the entrance gates and the exit gates…
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In the gay (Catholic) community, it would seem, the maxim is: love the sin and love the sinner, but hate…
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The first thing to say about politics is that politics is not the first thing.
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What the mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to be consumed like food, forgotten,…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep.
— Dave Barry
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Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not…
— Erma Bombeck
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I hate to mention age, but I come from an era when we weren't consumed by technology and television.
— Jimmy Buffett
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You know, I live a monastic lifestyle. No, I do. I do live in extremes, basically. I go back and…
— Jim Carrey
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The Labour Party has become consumed by collective bile towards... the Liberal Democrats. That portrays a rather nasty arrogance.
— Nick Clegg
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As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.
— Antisthenes
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We should not open our mouths too hastily upon approaching God. On the contrary, we first must ask God to…
— Watchman Nee
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When the hater's fire singes the hated, the hater has already been consumed.
— Wes Fesler
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It's actually a rare and precious thing to discover what it is you love to do, and I encourage you…
— Jonathan Ive
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We all profess that we are bound for heaven, immortality, and glory: but is it any evidence that we really…
— John Owen
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To love God means to surrender, to trust, to be ready to die into Him, because dying in God is…
— Rajneesh
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