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Quote by Erich Fromm
We live in a world of things, and our only connection with them is

We live in a world of things, and our only connection with them is that we know how to manipulate or to consume them. – Erich Fromm

Other quotes by Erich Fromm

Just as modern mass production requires the standardization of commodities, so the social process requires standardization of man, and this standardization is called equality. – Erich Fromm

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Equality
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Erich Fromm
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The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. – Erich Fromm

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Art
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Consumerism
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He who buys what he does not need steals from himself. – Author Unknown

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Consumerism

Materialism is the only form of distraction from true bliss. – Doug Horton

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Consumerism

Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell. – Edward Abbey

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Consumerism

Not what I have, but what I do is my kingdom. – Thomas Carlyle

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Consumerism

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