Marxism is not only the theory of socialism, it is an integral world outlook, a philosophical system, from which Marx’s proletarian socialism… — Joseph Stalin Copy Share Image
“Remember, philosophically speaking, Americans are mongrels —practical materialists but with a dreamy streak of divine approval.” — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
The 'Gossip Girl' idea and ideologies, like, they sort of encourage this certain kind of, like, materialism and superficiality that isn't, I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We are in the grip of a scientific materialism, caught in a vicious cycle where our security today seems to depend on… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
“Letting go of "stuff" allowed the world to collapse behind me as I moved, so I became nothing more or less than… — Dee Williams Copy Share Image
How right the working classes are in their "materialism." How right they are to realize that the belly comes before the soul,… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
democracy always makes for materialism, because the only kind of equality that you can guarantee to a whole people is, broadly speaking,… — Katharine Fullerton Gerould Copy Share Image
There is a thin line between Spirituality and Materialism. It's necessary to avoid obsession with either of the sides to maintain Perfection… — Sandeep Shergill Copy Share Image
“This trespass had not come without a price. Living un-lives, material comforts and luxuries became superfluous, connection to the outside world undesirable,… — J. Valor Copy Share Image
“COMING FORTH INTO THE LIGHT I was born the day I thought: What is? What was? And What if? I was transformed… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
This - where we are now - is where a culture gets to, when it has chosen, for many years, banality over… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Capitalism is always in danger of inspiring men to be more concerned about making a living than making a life. We are… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Hippies started the ecology movement. They combated racism. They liberated sexual stereotypes, encouraged change, individual pride, and self-confidence. They questioned robot materialism.… — Timothy Leary Copy Share Image
Let us be bold enough to ask ourselves as Christians whether the Church of the Lord Jesus in the United States has… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“[ When a religious couple wrote to Sagan about fulfilled prophecies, he wrote back in May 1996 :] If ‘fulfilled prophecy’ is… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Walking the spiritual path properly is a very subtle process; it is not something to jump into naively. There are numerous sidetracks… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
The truth of faith about creation is radically opposed to the theories of materialistic philosophy. These view the cosmos as the result… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
“...in principle, one can predict everything in the universe solely from physical laws. Thus, the long-standing 'first cause' problem intrinsic in cosmology… — L.-Z. Fang Copy Share Image
Success with a small s is based on accumulation and materialism. Success with a large S is based on the unfoldment of… — Michael Beckwith Copy Share Image
More recently, as faith gave way to materialism, anti-Semitism assumed a secular mode, harnessing itself to the dominant ideologies of both the… — Jack Schwartz Copy Share Image
“Q: What is wrong with the world? A: Everybody pays attention to pictures of things. Nobody pays attention to things themselves.” — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
It becomes necessary to learn how to clear the mind of all clouds, to free it of all useless ballast and debris… — Indra Devi Copy Share Image
Art is not some inessential frippery - it is the nation's means of intelligently regarding itself. To cripple or stigmatize the arts… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Do not think you need necessarily have as fine swords and clothing as your neighbor. As long as they are not disreputable,… — Hojo Soun Copy Share Image
The materialist is sure that history has been simply and solely a chain of causation, just as the [lunatic] is quite sure… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Mrs. Bulstrode's naïve way of conciliating piety and worldliness, the nothingness of this life and desirability of cut glass, the consciousness at… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Contemporary movies just drive me crazy. The violence and the sentimentality and the spiritual materialism and Theism and the incredible indulgence in… — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
You don't have to be a Christian to recognize that materialism does not match reality. Materialism is not true to universal human… — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
“Materialism—an attachment to physical goods beyond their practical value—was a trap; a chain to ensnare the foolish with their own greed.” — Drew Karpyshyn Copy Share Image
Science has rolled its war wagons over the crushed myths of so many religious beliefs. It has marshaled its mechanics to explain… — Walker Evans Copy Share Image
“The gods grant nothing more than life, So let us reject whatever lifts us To unbreathable heights, Eternal but flowerless.” — Pessoa Fernando Copy Share Image
“Needs multiply as they are met. Woe to the man who would live a disentangled life. Be on guard, my soul, of… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
What is assumed to be the materialisation of the inner truth of the self is in fact an idealisation of the material… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
Let us treasure up in our soul some of those things which are permanent..., not of those which will forsake us and… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
“When we see a good-looking woman with a not-so-good-looking man, we assume that the man must have a good bank balance. When… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
The sole "property" of matter with whose recognition philosophical materialism is bound up is the property of being an objective reality, of… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
“Because he has finally realized that it is it and not him that is loved by the woman he loves, many a… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Ours is a visual world with citizens who delight in those who appear good or gifted or great. Thus, we find it… — Rick Rigsby Copy Share Image
No social system will bring us happiness, health and prosperity unless it is inspired by something greater than materialism. — Atlee Copy Share Image
“Some people will insult your intelligence by suddenly being nice or nicer to you once you make it … or they think… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
![“[ When a religious couple wrote to Sagan about fulfilled prophecies, he wrote back in May 1996 :] If ‘fulfilled prophecy’ is your criterion, why do you not believe in materialistic science, which has an unparalleled record of fulfilled prophecy? Consider, for example, eclipses.” quote by Carl Sagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/875/carl-sagan-160_belief_when-a-religious-couple-wrote-to-sagan-a_25095.jpg)
![“The materialist is sure that history has been simply and solely a chain of causation, just as the [lunatic] is quite sure that he is simply and solely a chicken. Materialists and madmen never have doubts.” quote by Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1fa/anonymous-1_causation_the-materialist-is-sure-that-history-has_2256838.jpg)
