The essence of mathematics is not to make simple things complicated, but to make complicated things simple

It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach, but idealism. Men get into trouble by taking their visions and hallucinations too seriously

Materialism is the only form of distraction from true bliss

Sex is the mysticism of materialism and the only possible religion in a materialistic society

Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false

You buy furniture. You tell yourself, this is the last sofa I will ever need in my life. Buy the sofa, then for a couple years you're satisfied that no matter what goes wrong, at least you've got your sofa issue handled. Then the right set of dishes. Then the perfect bed. The drapes. The rug. Then you're trapped in your lovely nest, and the things you used to own, now they own you