Freeways flickering; cell phones chiming a tune
We're riding to Utopia; road map says we'll be arriving soon
Captains of the old order clinging to the reins
Assuring us these aches inside are only growing pains
But it's a long road out of Eden
(...)
Behold the bitten apple, the power of the tools
But all the knowledge in the world is of no use to fools
And it's a long road out of Eden
Stichwörter: civilization materialism utopia eden self-destruction
She felt the cold blast from the sterile air conditioning on her bare arms and thighs, as she ambled down the center of the shopping complex's ground floor.
The scene was a swirl of candy bright lights--the Victoria's Secret fuchsia signboard, signboards which lured one to purchase "confidence," or "sexual appeal," or whatever it was that was being advertised--the fluorescent lights in each store, contrasting with the shiny, black-tiled walls and eye-catching speckled marble tiles on the ground.
One could lick the floor--the tiles were spotless, clean like the fake air she was breathing in, like the atoms and cells in her that were decaying in stale neglect.
Stichwörter: money sexuality society confidence sex literature lust sex-appeal desires self-image materialism erotic desire business contemporary urban image commerce eroticism astrology popular-culture commercialism erotica shopping literary-fiction contemporary-fiction erotic-romance erotic-literature gemini-moon sexual-astrology
Eyes blinded by the fog of things
cannot see truth.
Ears deafened by the din of things
cannot hear truth.
Brains bewildered by the whirl of things
cannot think truth.
Hearts deadened by the weight of things
cannot feel truth.
Throats choked by the dust of things
cannot speak truth.
Stichwörter: truth materialism minimalism
The world says: "You have needs -- satisfy them. You have as much right as the rich and the mighty. Don't hesitate to satisfy your needs; indeed, expand your needs and demand more." This is the worldly doctrine of today. And they believe that this is freedom. The result for the rich is isolation and suicide, for the poor, envy and murder.
Fyodor DostoevskyStichwörter: selfishness greed materialism needs vice destructiveness
If money’s the god people worship, I’d rather go worship the devil instead.
Jess C. ScottStichwörter: humor money devil society god work religion humour sarcasm satan materialism worship rat-race working sarcastic-quotes commercialism job mm rockstar sarcastic bromance sarcastic-humor core core-of-the-soul core-values yaoi
....I am inclined to think that these muscles and bones of mine would have gone off long ago to Megara or Boeotia—by the dog they would, if they had been moved only by their own idea of what was best.
(tr Jowett)
Stichwörter: philosophy materialism
How good something is should never be determined by its cost, designer, origin, or its perceived value by others.
Ashly LorenzanaStichwörter: perception quality materialism value material-possessions
The shame and the downfall of a modern materialistic society is her inability to treasure, care for, admire, adore, cherish, value, revere, respect, uphold, uplift, protect, shield, defend, safeguard, treasure and love her children. I praise all the cultures of this world that naturally harbor and actively manifest these instincts. If a nation or if a population of people fails to recognize the excellent value and distinction of the lives of her children and is defective enough to have lost the capability of expressing and acting upon these instincts then there is nothing that can save that nation or those people. The prosperity of a people is not measured in banks, financial markets, economy and the death of its humanity is evident not through the loss of life but in the loss of love for its children.
C. JoyBell C.Stichwörter: society children child materialism nations peoples care-for-children death-of-a-nation love-for-children materialistic-society shame-of-society the-children value-of-a-child value-of-children
We all need new ideas, images, and experiences far more than we need new stoves or cars or computers.
Bill HolmStichwörter: materialism
[I]t is not by being richer or more powerful that a man becomes better; one is a matter of fortune, the other of virtue. Nor should she deem herself other than venal who weds a rich man rather than a poor, and desires more things in her husband than himself. Assuredly, whomsoever this concupiscence leads into marriage deserves payment rather than affection.
Héloïse d'ArgenteuilStichwörter: honesty love power women integrity prostitution virtue marriage shame sin affection poverty greed materialism honor fortune possessions wives vice matrimony dignity married-life riches payment wedlock concupiscence venality
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