Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth. - Mahatma Gandi

The people recognize themselves in their commodities; they find their soul in their automobile, hi-fi set, split-level home, kitchen equipment. - Herbert Marcuse

"Our becoming much better off over the last four decades has not been accompanied by one iota of increased subjective well-being." - Hope College psychologist David G. Myers, PhD from Consumerism and its discontents