Man squanders resources on numerous forms of self-gratification, including wealth, property, and intoxicants. [1] Occidental civilization groans under overload of inordinate luxuries and desires. [2] Wise parents should withhold most luxuries in order to foster healthy growth, independence, and moral values in their children. [3] Luxury and necessity vie for prominence in the material-comfort era, leading to tyranny, intolerance, and excesses among weaker elements of society. [4]