"If we all took only what was necessary to satisfy our own needs, giving the rest to those who lack, no one would be r…"

"Some device has been concocted by the devil, suggesting innumerable spending opportunities to the wealthy, so that th…"

"You should always adapt your consumption to your income — you shouldn't try and adjust your income to your consumptio…"

"Instead of resolving the problems of the poor and thinking of how the world can be different, some can only propose a…"

"Consumption is encouraged by government, business, and even our social leaders. It teaches children the wrong values,…"

"People in eastern Congo are massacred to facilitate smart phone upgrades of ever diminishing marginal utility. Forest…"

"When our pauper was rich, did he perform any of the useful social functions we've just mentioned simply by spending h…"

"Since consumption is merely a means to human well-being, the aim should be to obtain the maximum of well-being with t…"

"It is the expensiveness of our pleasures that makes the world poor and keeps us poor in ourselves. If we could but le…"

"Leisure held the first place at the start, and came to hold a rank very much above wasteful consumption of goods. ...…"