« An inefficient and costly way to take care of yourself: filling our brains with emptiness, our stomachs with dirt and our cabinets of uselessness, to compensate for the fluctuations of our moods. But why does it work so well? This is the genius of marketing and advertising: these jobs attract brilliant people, who are paid very well, much better for example than teachers, whose work is infinitely more useful. But it also works because these messages ("Don't worry, buy this") nestle in our psychological needs of "philtres of oblivion": life is often hard, sometimes forgetting it makes us feel good. But not wanting to see it, that it is hard, puts us in moral danger, while accepting it to face it differently can save our souls. »

« Ease, speed, dispersion, opulence block in us the experiences of slowness and reflection, even painful: they hinder our sense of identity, perhaps illusory but precious, our capacity to reflect on ourselves and regulate our states of mind. It is then the great dismay: our moods are scattered, disoriented, superficial, dissatisfied, dependent on all the merchant distractors of our environments. It is not a wealth but a pollution, an invasion of our minds, and not just our consumer behavior. It's similar to what happens to plastics or pesticides: it builds up slowly in us. »

« Gavés but cared for in real foods. Working more: to see less of your children, your spouse, your friends? Earning more: to buy things you don't need? Putting music everywhere: to forget definitively what silence is? In all plethora diseases, there are hidden deficiencies: for example, obese people are often fondled with fat-soluble vitamins, folate, zinc. Our souls are caressed too, while they feel nourished and stimulated. Materialistic lifestyles cause a diversion of the basic foods we need. You don't have to be hypersensitive to need silence, calm and reflection: all humans need it. Yet today, finding silence must be a deliberate choice, a decision to be made and above all to impose in our daily lives. »