Quote by Michael Harrington
Our affluent society contains those of talent and insight who are

Our affluent society contains those of talent and insight who are driven to prefer poverty, to choose it, rather than submit to the desolation of an empty abundance. – Michael Harrington

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If there is technological advance without social advance, there is, almost automatically, an increase in human misery, in impoverishment. – Michael Harrington

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Complexity creates a maze between you and success. Simplicity ensures a clear line of sight. – Lee J. Colan

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I like to walk about among the beautiful things that adorn the world; but private wealth I should decline, or any sort of personal possessions, because they would take away my liberty. – George Santayana, “The Irony of Liberalism”

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During the great storms of our lives we imitate those captains who jettison their weightiest cargo. – Honore de Balzac

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The most complex things are the simplest. – Agni Celeste

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Music is a beautiful opiate, if you dont take it too seriously. – Henry Miller

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Opinion is that exercise of the human will which helps us to make a decision without information. – John Erskine

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The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a comfort since it is equivalent to abolishing the catastrophe. – Iris Murdoch

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