"People always ask me if I believe..." - Quote by Marilyn Monroe
People always ask me if I believe diamonds are a girl's best friend. Frankly, I don't.
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More on Values
“One of the greatest disasters of our time is our universal acceptance of the word "tolerance" as a great virtue.”
“The more we simplify our material needs the more we are free to think of other things.”
“To those who feel that their values are THE values, the less controlled systems necessarily present a spectacle of "chaos," simply because such systems respond to a diversity of values. The more successfully such systems respond to diversity, the more "chaos" there will be, by definition, according to the standards of ANY specific set of values- other than diversity or freedom as values. Looked at another way, the more self-righteous observers there are, the more chaos (and "waste") will be seen.”
More on Materialism
“Private property has made us so stupid and one-sided that an object is only ours when we have it”
“But men labor under a mistake. The better part of the man is soon plowed into the soil for compost.”
“When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when you practice contentment, you can say to yourself, 'Oh yes - I already have everything that I really need.'”