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title: "6 Material Means Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [I'm my own writer. My material means I'm entirely separate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-naipaul/i-m-my-own-writer-my-material-means-i-m-entirely-separate/)

[V. S. Naipaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-naipaul/)

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> [To be spiritual means you have cosmic ambitions. You want to know not just the whole creation but the Creator and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaggi-vasudev/to-be-spiritual-means-you-have-cosmic-ambitions-you-want-to-know-not/)

[Jaggi Vasudev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaggi-vasudev/)

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> [“the material world is an illusion and its treasures all too temporal. That doesn’t mean you have to live as a monk,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-brand/the-material-world-is-an-illusion-and-its-treasures-all-too-temporal/)

[Russell Brand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-brand/)

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> [“Material means that hide man's meanness fail to reflect his moral richness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-s-murthy/material-means-that-hide-man-s-meanness-fail-to-reflect-his-moral/)

[B.S. Murthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-s-murthy/)

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> [We already have the material means to eradicate deep poverty and thereby eradicate hunger. We have the material means to begin the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/we-already-have-the-material-means-to-eradicate-deep-poverty-and/)

[Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/)

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> [“You can never quench your spiritual craving through material means.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-brand/you-can-never-quench-your-spiritual-craving-through-material-means/)

[Russell Brand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-brand/)

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