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 FrommWe've wanted to produce more in the 19th century and the 20th century in order to give man the possibility for more dignified human life; but actually what has happened is that production and consumption have become means - have ceased to be means and have become ends, and we are production crazy and consumption crazy.
Erich Fromm