Overconsumption and overpopulation underlie every environmental problem we face today
Overconsumption is the mother of all environmental problems. For the first time in the history of capitalism consumption itself has become controversial.
The man who dies rich dies disgraced.
We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty.
It is not necessity but abundance which produces greed.
Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness.
There are two ways to be rich - one in the abundance of your possessions and the other in the fewness of your wants.
The people who have more money and goods than any people in the history of the world spend most of their time worrying about not having enough.
It is partly to avoid consciousness of greed that we prefer to associate with those who are at least as greedy as we ourselves. Those who consume much less are a reproach.
When I walk into a grocery store and look at all the products you can choose I say "My God!" No king ever had anything like I have in my grocery store today.
The surplus of society overrides all our traditions and shapes all our philosophies.
Human overconsumption is a greater problem than human population growth and meat eating is a big part of that problem.
The boom squanders through malinvestment scarce factors of production and reduces the stock available through overconsumption; its alleged blessings are paid for by impoverishment.