34;Andit’sterribletowasteyourlifelosingyourfreedom.34;

我们大多数人甚至不曾停下来被推着向前走过几十年才发现生而为人最重要的是却是已经失去亦或是很多道理都懂得，却依然过不好一生乌拉圭的一名中年人quot;Thewayweliveandourvaluesaretheexpressionofthesocietywelivein.Andweclingtothat.Itdoes’tmatterifI’mthepresident(ofUruguay).I’vethoughtaboutallthisalot.Ispent10yearsinasolitaryconfinementcell.Ihadthetime…Ispent7yearswithoutopeningabook.Itleftmetimetothink.ThisiswhatIdiscovered.Eitheryou’rehappywithverylittle,withoutoverburdeningyourself,becauseyouhavehappinessinside,oryou’llgetnowhere.Iamnotadvocatingpoverty.Iamadvocatingsobriety.Butweinventedaconsumersociety…whichcontinuallyseekinggrowth.Whenthere’snogrowth,it’stragic.Weinventedamountainofsuperfluousneeds.Youhavetokeepbuying,throwingaway…It’sourliveswearesquandering.WhenIbuysomething,orwhenyoubuyit,we’renotpayingwithmoney.We’repayingwiththetimefromourliveswehadtospendtoearnthatmoney.Thedifferenceisthatyoucan’tbuylife.Lifejustgoesby.Andit’sterribletowasteyourlifelosingyourfreedom.quot;