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Retail Therapy Quotes

“Some people engage in retail therapy, buying new things to make themselves feel more secure, and others engage in knowledge therapy, amassing new ideas to make themselves feel like they know something. We consume for comfort. We rely on certainty to shield us from the pain of confusion. The truth is staggering, colossal, unfathomable, so we cling to our bite-sized lies. We organize knowledge into bulleted lists and line graphs while the wisdom of the present moment sits patiently at the doors of our perception.”

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Book:The Art of Talking to Yourself

Source: The Art of Talking to Yourself

“We generally escape the cage of poverty only to be caged by the never-ending search for unnecessary things to buy or want.”

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Author:Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Happiness is all too often pursued through the use of a credit card.”

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Author:Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“[Shopping is a] Mardi Gras of consumerism.”

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Book:Revolution

Source: Revolution

“Buying something you do not need is a waste of money, even if it is a bargain.”

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Author:Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Here, the logic of childhood had survived, layered over with the grit of someone who needed to make sanctuary real. This was not some forgotten aisle claimed by chaos. It was structure—every angle chosen, every fold proof that the builder believed in comfort as defence.”

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Book:Noetic Gravity

Source: Noetic Gravity

“The wise find pleasure in using a product until it is no longer usable; the foolish, in replacing an old but still usable product with a brand new one.”

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Author:Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Capitalism is disgusted by those whose happiness is not a result of buying … or selling.”

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Author:Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“We usually save money to waste it.”

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Author:Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“There was nothing he needed or wished to buy; but he liked to see the display of goods, any goods, objects made by men, to be used by men. He enjoyed the sight of a prosperous street;”

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Author:Ayn Rand