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“The opposite of consumption isn't thrift. It's generosity.”

Book:The Value Of Nothing: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy

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The Value Of Nothing: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy

This book delves into the relationship between market values and democratic principles, discussing the implications of economic systems on political structures and societal values. more

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Raj Patel

Raj Patel is a renowned journalist born in 1972. He is known for his in-depth investigative reporting and his focus on global inequality issues. more

“Generosity makes us happiest. We'll be happier people when we share, not when we impose, but when we learn from one another. Because when I'm connected to everyone I disappear... in being excellent you lose yourself. And when you're connected to everyone, that's the best thing that can happen.”

People Happens Loses Share Connected Disappear Generosity Excellent Best Things Losing Yourself

Author:Raj Patel

“The problem is that we are living now with the consequences of the others people mistake. It would be nice to make our own and learn from them. That is the art of democracy. That is the art of citizenship.”

People Art Problem Would Be Mistake Democracy Nice Consequence Being Nice Citizenship

Author:Raj Patel

“There are two novels that can transform a bookish 14-year-old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish daydream that can lead to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood ...in which large chunks of the day are spent inventing ways to make real life more like a fantasy novel. The other is a book about orcs.”

Way Years Two Book Real Lord Fantasy Novel Rings Real Life Adulthood Daydreaming Inventing Chunks Crippled Atlas Fantasy Novels Orcs

Author:Raj Patel

“If there were no cherry blossoms in this world How much more tranquil our hearts would be in spring.”

Ifs World Heart Would Be This World Spring Tranquil Cherries Cherry Blossom

Author:Ariwara no Narihira

“When a war is won, it's the losers, not the winners, who are liberated.”

War Winner Loser Liberated

Author:Romain Gary

“Disease-carrying thoughts swarm and multiply in the dark and twisted labyrinths of our minds, and all that is needed is a mob and a good political slogan for the epidemic to be spread once again, with a burst of automatic weapons or a mushroom cloud.”

Mind Political Dark Needed Disease Weapons Clouds Spread Twisted Slogans Epidemics Labyrinth Mushrooms Swarms Good Political Automatic Weapons Dark And Twisted Dark Twisted

Author:Romain Gary

“I see History as a relay race in which one of us, before dropping in his tracks, must carry one stage further the challenge of being a man.”

Men Challenges Race History Stage Track Dropping Relays Relay Races

Book:Promise at Dawn

Source: Promise at Dawn

“With maternal love, life makes a promise at dawn that it can never hold. You are forced to eat cold food until your days end. After that, each time a woman holds you in her arms and against her chest, these are merely condolences. You always come back to yell at your mother's grave like an abandoned dog. Never again, never again, never again.”

Ends Mother Dog Arms Cold Promise Graves Dawn Love Life Chests Abandoned Condolences Maternal Love

Author:Romain Gary

“Today we are raised with the notion that to be secure is to be financially autonomous. Amassing wealth is viewed as the primary rite of passage to a secure, autonomous existence.”

Today Wealth Existence Raised Notion Secure Primaries Passages Rite Autonomous Rite Of Passage

Book:Biosphere politics: a cultural odyssey from the middle ages to the new age

Source: Biosphere politics: a cultural odyssey from the middle ages to the new age

“Generations of human beings were transformed into machines in the relentless pursuit of material wealth: We lived to work.”

Humans Wealth Human Beings Generations Materials Machines Pursuit Transformed Relentless Material Wealth Relentless Pursuit

Book:The Third Industrial Revolution: How Lateral Power Is Transforming Energy, the Economy, and the World

Source: The Third Industrial Revolution: How Lateral Power Is Transforming Energy, the Economy, and the World

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