“A lot of people spend a lot of time chasing a lot of things that will never bring lasting happiness.” — Wayne Gerard Trotman Copy Share Image
“The bitter truth is that most people are not into you; they're into what you have.” — Mitta Xinindlu Copy Share Image
I've always felt that your belongings have never been on a level with you. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
A cold atheistical materialism is the tendency of the so-called material philosophy of the present day. — Adam Sedgwick Copy Share Image
“Ownership breeds slavery: with every single thing that you acquire, comes a new worry of not losing that thing.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
The Hindus have to learn a little bit of materialism from the West and teach them a little bit of spirituality. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“A fast car can make women 'like' a man; and a man 'like' women … fast.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
The folly of endless consumerism sends us on a wild goose-chase for happiness through materialism. — Bryant H. McGill Copy Share Image
Production and consumption are the nipples of modern society. Thus suckled, humanity grows in strength and beauty; rising standard of living, all… — Raoul Vaneigem Copy Share Image
The real problems of our planet are not economic or technical, they are philosophical. The philosophy of unbridled materialism is being challenged… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The church is challenging such negative cultural elements as superstition, rugged individualism, materialism, hedonism, permissiveness and utilitarianism. — Francis Arinze Copy Share Image
“In post-Nietzschean spirit, the West appears to be busily undermining its own erstwhile metaphysical foundations with an unholy mélange of practical materialism,… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
“Who killed Christianity in Europe? Was it, as (Max) Weber himself predicted, that the spirit of capitalism was bound to destroy the… — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
The cure for materialism is to have enough for everybody and to share. When people are sure of having what they need… — Henry Ford Copy Share Image
The natural scientist must be a modern materialist, a conscious adherent of the materialism represented by Marx, i.e., he must be a… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
“You have to treat your car with love. And I don’t mean love of an object. You see, that’s just wrong. That’s… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
Democracy encourages a taste for physical gratification; this taste, if it becomes excessive, soon disposes men to believe that all is matter… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“It is only when a company cares for its consumers as much as the consumers care for its products or services, can… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
The materialism, the brashness, the misogyny - everything in hip-hop is amplified. Misogyny is a good example of something that is completely… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
It seems mutants have something in their lives called gravy. They know truth, but it is buried under thickening and spices of… — Marlo Morgan Copy Share Image
We take the side of science in spite of the patent absurdity of some of its constructs, in spite of its failure… — Richard Lewontin Copy Share Image
The rise of the prosperity gospel is one of the great challenges to the true message of Jesus Christ. While not an… — Ed McBain Copy Share Image
“Freeways flickering; cell phones chiming a tune We're riding to Utopia; road map says we'll be arriving soon Captains of the old… — The Eagles Copy Share Image
“The sum of productive forces, capital funds and social forms of intercourse, which every individual and generation finds in existence as something… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
On previous occasions when God incarnated on earth, the bliss of recognising Him in the incarnation was vouchsafed only after the physical… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
“Naturally there was the notion of private property as a pragmatic concept, for individuals or groups have a proclivity to tend to… — Ashim Shanker Copy Share Image
“I am wired by nature to love the same toys that the world loves. I start to fit in. I start to… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“Orthodox Marxism, therefore, does not imply the uncritical acceptance of the results of Marx’s investigations. It is not the ‘belief’ in this… — György Lukács Copy Share Image
“Did you find anything special?' Blackie asked. T. nodded. 'Come over here,' he said, 'and look.' Out of both pockets he drew… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
Your consciousness is an opening to the divine. When you're aware that all these cultural narratives are just fabricated illusions to control… — Jeremy Limn Copy Share Image
“The thing that really is trying to tyrannize through government is Science. The thing that really does use the secular arm is… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
The terrible, cold, cruel part is Wall Street. Rivers of gold flow there from all over the earth, and death comes with… — Federico Garcia Lorca Copy Share Image
“Counting your blessings on a private jet, doesn't make you grounded.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Let there be as little materialism as possible, with the maximum of spirituality. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“She seemed to be occupied with of inner chamber of ideas and to have slight need for visible objects.” — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
“The Must be worthless by our estimation or keep us enslaved by an intemperate love of it.” — John Calvin Copy Share Image
“In English we say: the best things in life are free. In Naskarian we say: abundance without awareness causes sickness.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
We need to move away from crass, consumption-driven materialism by de-materialising status — Jonathon Porritt Copy Share Image
“Your life is not meant to be used in exchange for mundane things like houses and cars but to purchase greatness.” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
“Salesmanship is usually the art of making it the prospect’s problem, the salesperson’s need or desire to earn money.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
