In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy. – Ivan Illich
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When wealth is passed off as merit
When wealth is passed off as merit, bad luck is seen as bad character. This is how ideologues justify punishing the sick and the poor. But poverty is neither a crime nor a character flaw. Stigmatize those who let people die, not those who struggle to live. – Sarah Kendzior
To blame the poor
To blame the poor for subsisting on welfare has no justice unless we are also willing to judge every rich member of society by how productive he or she is. Taken individual by individual, it is likely that there’s more idleness and abuse of government favors among the economically privileged than among the ranks of the disadvantaged. – Norman Mailer
A man is rich
A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone. – Thoreau
Complete possession
Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you. – AndrĂ© Gide
Wealth
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants. — Epictetus
There are people who have money
There are people who have money and people who are rich. — Coco Gabrielle Chanel
Enough
He who knows he has enough is rich. — Lao-tzu