“ Today our idea of success has become purely economic - not aesthetic, it is not intelligence that we value, it is not wisdom that we value, it is not beauty or aesthetics that we value, it is not spiritual attainments that we value. The richest man in town is the biggest man. ”
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTIKoD9E3ug
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