Madeleine Bunting Inspirational Quotes (3)

You can’t change the world, but you can change yourself. That adage suits consumer capitalism perfectly, since the illusion of changing ourselves is a successfully maintained through shopping.

Reducing consumption is imperative, but it's pointless to cut out meat and cars while having lots of children.

What Alpha offers, and what is attracting thousands of people, is permission, rare in secular culture, to discuss the big questions - life and death and their meaning.