“All one can do is to achieve nakedness, to be what one is with all one's faculties and perceptions, strengthened by all the skill which one can acquire. And then to stand before the judgement of time.” Can DoAchieveSkillsAchievementPerceptionJudgementAcquireFaculty Author:Stephen Spender
“Many Westerners forget that when the Prophet spoke of four wives as the maximum allowable number, he had in mind a reduction to four as compared to the number then often prevailing; moreover, Mohammed specified that a man should acquire more than one wife only if he could treat them all with equal justice - obviously a difficult feat for even the most diligent man to achieve. In effect, then, the Prophet curtailed the number of wives.” IfsMenShouldMindDifficultJusticeForgetNumbersFourWifeAchieveEffectsEqualTreatsProphetAcquireSpokesMaximumReductionPrevailingFeatsDiligentWesternersEqual Justice Book:Maʼmūriyyat barȧ-yi vaṭanam Source: Maʼmūriyyat barȧ-yi vaṭanam
“The religion and the environmentalism of the highly industrialized countries are at bottom a sham, because they make it their business to fight against something that they do not really wish to destroy. We all live by robbing nature, but our standard of living demands that the robbery shall continue. We must achieve the character and acquire the skills to live much poorer than we do.” CountryCharacterFightingWishAchieveSkillsDemandStandardsBottomAcquireLive ByConsumerismEnvironmentalismOverconsumptionStandards Of LivingRobberyRobbing Book:What Are People For?: Essays Source: What Are People For?: Essays
“For years I was so busy building walls I did not see I was imprisoning myself behind them, and did not recognize this pattern as being addiction. My addictive thinking and behavior became the bars of my cell. Denying feeling empty inside, I constantly looked for new things to acquire, people to be around, substances to take, and new goals to achieve in order to feel better about myself. Over the last four decades I have focused on healing my addictive mind and helping others do the same.” PeopleThinkingFeelsYearsMindHelpingFeelingsLastsOrderGoalHealingBehindsFourAchieveBuildingWallBehaviorEmptyAddictionBusyPatternsFocusedDecadesHelping OthersBarsCellsSubstanceAcquireNew ThingsFeel BetterNew GoalBuilding WallsFeeling Empty Author:Lee L Jampolsky
“Marketing is all pervasive. They're getting marketed products they can't afford - can't ever hope to acquire. They believe the only way they're ever going to achieve happiness is the acquisition of these products. Products they can't afford. They see people living that lifestyle, and they have that lifestyle beamed incessantly into their minds through media, which you know I participate in.” PeopleKnowsWayMindBelieveAchieveMediaProductsMarketingLifestyleAcquireAcquisitionIncessantly Author:Russell Brand