We suggest you turn to the Tao Teh Ching:
12 THE WITHDRAWAL FROM THE EXTERNAL. The five colors film over Sight; The five sounds make Hearing dull; The five flavours conceal Taste; occupation with motion and action bedevil Mind; even so the esteem of rare things begetteth covetousness and disorder. The wise man seeketh therefore to content the actual needs of the people; not to excite them by the sight of luxuries. He banneth these, and concentrateth on those. -- tr. A. Crowley