Thoreau's quotes from Walden explaining the Affluenza "epidemic" present in the United States.

1. Isabella Forst
Fighting the Affluenza Epidemic in
America

2. Social Media
“Our life is frittered away by detail.”

3. Meditation
“Our life is
frittered away by
detail.”

4. Anorexia
“We are determined to be starved
before we are hungry.”

5. “We are determined to be
starved before we are
hungry.”
Eating in Moderation

6. Having Too Much Clothing
“Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!”

7. Minimalist Furniture
“Simplicity, simplicity,
simplicity!”

8. Genetically Modified Organisms
“Resign yourself to the
influence of the earth.”

9. Camping
“Resign yourself to the influence of the
earth.”

10. Lack of Social Acceptance
“If a man does not keep pace with his
companions, perhaps it is because he
hears a different drummer.”

11. Support Groups
“If a man does not
keep pace with his
companions,
perhaps it is
because he hears a
different drummer.”

12. CliffsNotes
“To read well, that is, to read true
books in a true spirit, is a noble
exercise, and one that will tax the
reader more than any exercise
which the customs of the day
esteem.”

13. Literacy
“To read well, that is, to read true
books in a true spirit, is a noble
exercise, and one that will tax the
reader more than any exercise
which the customs of the day
esteem.”

14. High Levels of Stress
“A single gentle rain makes the grass
many shades greener. So our
prospects brighten on the influx of
better thoughts. We should be
blessed if we lived in the present
always, and took advantage of every
accident that befell us.”

15. Positive Thinking
“A single gentle rain makes
the grass many shades
greener. So our prospects
brighten on the influx of better
thoughts. We should be
blessed if we lived in the
present always, and took
advantage of every accident
that befell us.”

16. Shopping Addictions
“Sell your clothes and
keep your thoughts.”

17. Thrift Stores
“Sell your clothes and
keep your thoughts.”

18. Lack of Family Time
“Time is but the stream I go a-
fishing in.”

19. Overscheduling
“Time is but the stream I
go a-fishing in.”

20. Land Development
“We need the tonic of
wildness...At the same time
that we are earnest to
explore and learn all things,
we require that all things be
mysterious and un-
explorable, that land and sea
be indefinitely wild,
unsurveyed and unfathomed
by us because it is
unfathomable. We can never
have enough of nature.”

21. National Parks
“We need the tonic of
wildness...At the same
time that we are earnest
to explore and learn all
things, we require that all
things be mysterious and
un-explorable, that land
and sea be indefinitely
wild, unsurveyed and
unfathomed by us
because it is
unfathomable. We can
never have enough of
nature.”

22. Hating Your Job
“The mass of men lead lives of
quiet desperation.”

23. Continued Education
“The mass of men
lead lives of quiet
desperation.”

24. Social Media
“Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit
inheritance of generations and nations.”

25. Amount of Libraries
“Books are the treasured wealth of the
world and the fit inheritance of
generations and nations.”

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