“ We have created a manic world nauseous with the pursuit of material wealth. Many also bear their cross of imagined deprivation, while their fellow human beings remain paralyzed by real poverty. We dro… Anthon St. Maarten
“ The tourists had money and we needed it; they only asked in return to be lied to and deceived and told that single most important thing, that they were safe, that their sense of security—national, ind… Richard Flanagan
“ Get off the treadmill of consumption, replication, and mediocrity. Begin lifting the weights of creativity, originality, and success. Ryan Lilly
“ Not long ago I was much amused by imagining—what if the fancy suddenly took me to kill some one, a dozen people at once, or to do some thing awful, something considered the most awful crime in the wor… Fyodor Dostoyevsky
“ Frugality is one of the most beautiful and joyful words in the English language, and yet one that we are culturally cut off from understanding and enjoying. The consumption society has made us feel th… Elise Boulding
“ A shift is necessary toward lifestyles less geared to environmental damaging consumption patterns. Maurice Strong
“ Art serves to confront that which is outside order, to give form to the obscene. In the process, it opens it to transformations that can not only make it safe for public consumption, not a powerful ve… Jennifer Birkett
“ I used to know Brian Howard well -- a dazzling young man to my innocent eyes. In later life he became very dangerous -- constantly attacking people with his fists in public places -- so I kept clear o… Evelyn Waugh
