′′ I spent more than 10 years in isolation, 7 years without any books. I had plenty of time to think about it. This is what I discovered. Either you’re happy to have little without overcharging yourself, and this happiness flows from inside you or you won’t go anywhere. Not trying to promote poverty. Promoting sobriety.
Meanwhile, we have invented a consumer society that must constantly grow. When he’s not tall, there’s a tragedy. We invented a whole mountain of unnecessary needs. You have to keep spending and throwing away. This is how we waste our lives. When I buy something or when you buy something, we don’t pay with money. We pay time taken out of life that we have to spend making that money.
The difference is that life cannot be bought. Life just flows.”
José Mujica, cyt. from the movie ′′ Human ′′
– Photographer: John Hopper. Shepherd 1982