"In a consumer society, expectations dare not plateau, because a growing economy depends on rising expectations... The more we let our level of contentment be determined by outside factors-a new car, fashionable clothes, a prestigious career, social status-the more we relinquish control over our own happiness."

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Source: Song: There's A World Out There, Album: That's the Truth, 1999

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Paul Brand

Surgeon

Paul Brand was a pioneering surgeon known for his revolutionary work in leprosy treatment, emphasizing compassion in medicine.

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"We need to repent of our willing cooperation in our money-centered culture, which is depleting the natural resources that God designed for all humankind. He gave us a good earth. Let us serve him by helping to preserve it for our children. 'A good man leaves an inheritance for his children's children' (Proverbs 13:22 )."

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