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In reply to the discussion: The Planet Does Not Need More Successful People [View all]pbrower2a
(132 posts)53. Anyone who 'needs' material excess...
Anyone who 'needs' material excess as ratification of his value as a person is a failure. Even in business the ones who do real good are more focused on creating capital which allows others good incomes than on indulging upon its fruit.
We are going to have to do a better job of conserving natural resources just to avoid mass poverty.
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I'm thinking of getting that triple engineering, and then going for applied physics
a geek named Bob
Dec 2012
#22
Christian Friedrich Schönbein's wife was also nervous about his home experiments
FarCenter
Dec 2012
#38
I believe he would tell you that society wouldnt have failures if it didnt have successes.
rhett o rick
Dec 2012
#6
I guess I too have a different definition of "successful," and "friends"
a geek named Bob
Dec 2012
#39
I guess I don't accept the implied definition of success enough to agree.
TheKentuckian
Dec 2012
#52
The Dali Lama's actual words used quatation marks around 'successful people'
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2012
#56