"With respect to physical existence, one needs little,……" — Soren Kierkegaard

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• I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and… — Paul Auster
• Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it… — Teresa of Avila
• What consumerism really is, at its worst is getting people to buy things that don't actually improve their lives. — Jeff Bezos
• All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel… — Noam Chomsky
• We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty. — Winston Churchill
• Violence is hidden within democratic structures because they are not radically democratic - Western democracy is merely a domestic convenience… — Edward Bond
• Christians will want to be in the vanguard in favoring ways of life that decisively break with the exhausting and… — Pope John Paul II
• We belabour, I think, under a very heavy crust of consumerism really — Emma Thompson
• One of the reasons churches in North America have trouble guiding people about money is that the church's economy is… — Doug Pagitt
• Toy Story 3 is so besotted with brand names and product-placement that it stops being about the innocent pleasures of… — Armond White
• Many ideas have struggled over the centuries to dominate the planet. Fascism. Communism. Democracy. Religion. But only one has achieved… — Jonathon Porritt
• The great danger in today's world, pervaded as it is by consumerism, is the desolation and anguish born of a… — Pope Francis

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