“To estimate a man’s condition in regard to happiness, it is necessary to ask, not what things please him, but what things trouble him; and the more trivial these things are in themselves, the happier the man will be. To be irritated by trifles, a man must be well off; for in misfortunes trifles are unfelt.”
Source: Counsels and Maxims
“It's not enough to be just a consumer, you gotta be a conscious consumer, otherwise there is no difference between a consumer and a slave.”
Source: Mucize Misafir Merhaba: The Peace Testament
“Sense yearnings sap your inner peace; they are like openings in a reservoir that permit vital waters to be wasted in the desert soil of materialism.”
Source: Autobiography of a Yogi
“[Shopping is a] Mardi Gras of consumerism.”
Source: Revolution
“I love new clothes. If everyone could just wear new clothes every day, I reckon depression wouldn’t exist anymore.
– Becky Bloomwood”
Source: Confessions of a Shopaholic
“I shop. I shop to cheer myself up. I shop when I'm depressed. I shop when I'm happy. Actually, I shop pretty much all the time.”
Source: Confessions of a Shopaholic
“I’ve made a decision: I’m not going to worry about money anymore. I’m just going to pretend I’ve got loads of it and spend it accordingly”
Source: Confessions of a Shopaholic
“I never buy a designer handbag unless it’s 50 percent off. That’s my rule. Well, more of a guideline really”
Source: Confessions of a Shopaholic
“Luke is just… Luke. He sees through me, but he still likes me. And somehow, that makes me want to be better.”
Source: Confessions of a Shopaholic
“No wife wants to hear that her husband is less than perfect.”
Source: Shopaholic & Baby