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Physical comforts cannot subdue mental suffering, and if we look closely, we can see that those who have many possessions are not necessarily happy. In fact, being wealthy often brings even more anxiety.

Inordinate desire for material possessions can become an obsession that consumes our thoughts, drains our resources, and leads to unhappiness.

The easier things are to buy, the more we consume.

We complain of the increased tempo of our lives, but our frenetic lives are just reflection of the economic system that we have created.

Give us equality of enjoyment, equal right to expansion - it is as necessary to our prosperity as yours.

Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.

The only way you multiply resources is with technology. To really affect poverty, energy, health, education, or anything else - there is no other way.

I feel humiliated that I live in a country that demands more already. Why do we cling to the notion that not only must we maintain the current level of consumption, but that it must continue to grow by an exponential factor of 2 to 7 percent every year?

Prosperity has brought complications. Our lives are busier, faster, more stressful. They're nostalgic for a simpler, slower time.