John Ruskin Quotes

I had the notion that, OK, so now we have all of this wealth, we could buy not only one expensive car, we could buy all of them. As soon as you realize that you could buy all of them, then none of them are particularly interesting or satisfying.

The corruption of the American soul is consumerism.

The more you consume, the more insecure you are. It's the nature of the world.

We do as much, we eat as much, we want as much.

We go on multiplying our conveniences only to multiply our cares. We increase our possessions only to the enlargement of our anxieties.

Basically, people are never happy enough because they want more money.

The more we have the less we own.

Opulence is a crime

The love of Luxury grows by what it feeds upon.

I already own more than any human being needs.

I think we're all greedy. Who do you know who says, 'I have enough! I don't need any more!'? It's part of human nature.

Materialism isn't the panacea that so many people think it is.

Good is not good, unless A thousand it possess, But doth waste with greediness.

Greediness of getting more deprives... the enjoyment of what it had got.

People who are greedy have extraordinary capacities for waste-they must, they take in too much.

A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than he needs.

There is no greater fault than sensual indulgence. There is no greater misfortune than malcontent. There is no greater calamity than greed.

having too much is never enough.

There is nothing like wealth for dulling desire.

Money does not sate Avarice, but stimulates it.

The more you own, the more it owns you.

Unnecessary possessions are unnecessary burdens.

Greed is merely a species of nearsightedness.

To fill a small bag means selecting,and choosing, and evaluating. There's no logicial end to that process. Pretty soon I would have a big bag, and then two or three. A month later I'd be like the rest of you.