You buy furniture. You tell yourself, this is the last sofa I will ever need in my life. Buy the sofa, then for a couple years you're satisfied that no matter what goes wrong, at least you've got your sofa issue handled. Then the right set of dishes. Then the perfect bed. The drapes. The rug. Then you're trapped in your lovely nest, and the things you used to own, now they own you.
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Materialism is the only form of distraction from true bliss.
Materialism is the only form of distraction from true bliss.
There is one advantage to having nothing, it never needs repair.
There is one advantage to having nothing, it never needs repair.
Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.
Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.
Sex is the mysticism of materialism and the only possible religion in a materialistic society.
Sex is the mysticism of materialism and the only possible religion in a materialistic society.
Most men love money and security more, and creation and construction less, as they get older.
Most men love money and security more, and creation and construction less, as they get older.
As there is no worldly gain without some loss so there is no worldly loss without some gain.
As there is no worldly gain without some loss so there is no worldly loss without some gain.
What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more.. Epictetus, c read more
What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more.. Epictetus, c 200 AD -Seneca.
The best things in life aren't things.
The best things in life aren't things.
Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.
Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.
