“But the eyes of other people are the eyes that ruin us. If all but myself were blind, I should want neither fine clothes, fine houses nor fine furniture.” PeopleIfsWantEyeHouseFineClothesBlindAppearanceRuinsFurniture Book:The Political Thought of Benjamin Franklin Source: The Political Thought of Benjamin Franklin
“All of us experience the sad effects of blind submission to consumerism. In the first place it represents crass materialism. At the same time it represents a radical dissatisfaction because one quickly learns that the more one possesses, the more one wants, while deeper aspirations remain unsatisfied and perhaps even stifled.” WantFirstsEffectsBlindDeeperRadicalAspirationMaterialismConsumerismSubmissionDissatisfactionOverconsumptionUnsatisfiedCrass Author:Pope John Paul II