What could I wish for the present but to take the greatest pleasure in being what I am?

Daily life is governed by an economic system in which the production and consumption of insults tends to balance out.

There are more truths in twenty-four hours of a man's life than in all the philosophies.

Our task is not to rediscover nature but to remake it.

It is entirely up to us to invent our own lives.

To work for delight and authentic festivity is barely distinguishable from preparing for a general insurrection

In the kingdom of consumption the citizen is king. A democratic monarchy: equality before consumption, fraternity in consumption, and freedom through consumption.