dalton's affuenza presentation

Affluenza: Was Thoreau Right?Dalton Kern

“Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.” 

“Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.” 

“Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit

inheritance of generations and nations.” 

“Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit

inheritance of generations and nations.” 

“I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the

best, is soon wearisome and dissipating. I love to be alone. I never found the companion that

was so companionable as solitude.” 

“I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the

best, is soon wearisome and dissipating. I love to be alone. I never found the companion that

was so companionable as solitude.” 

“My greatest skill in life has been to want but little.” 

“My greatest skill in life has been to want but little.” 

“The mass of men lead lives of

quiet desperation.” 

“The mass of men lead lives of

quiet desperation.” 

Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hinderances

to the elevation of mankind.

Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hinderances

to the elevation of mankind.

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things.

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things.

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can

afford to let be.

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can

afford to let be.

I have learned that the swiftest traveller is he that goes afoot.

I have learned that the swiftest traveller is he that goes afoot.

“Our life is frittered away by detail.”

“Our life is frittered away by detail.”

If one advances confidently in the directions of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which

he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

If one advances confidently in the directions of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which

he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

"Why should we live with such hurry and waste of life?"

"Why should we live with such hurry and waste of life?"

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