It is erroneous to consider the multiplication of needs as a sign of progress, to think that it is necessary to arouse in the people still unpolished, new needs to bring them to a more civilized life. Similarly it is erroneous to expect to measure the degree of culture of a man to the degree of refinement he make in his methods of pleasure.

p. 48 - Words of a Sage : Selected thoughts of African Spir (1937)