There's that great Irish joke: a man is lost in the countryside, stops a passer-by: 'how do I get to Dublin?'. The… — Tim Crane Copy Share Image
“Sometimes you may have nothing yet without hope you've got less” — Benny Bellamacina Copy Share Image
My wish simply is to live my life as fully as I can. In both our work and our leisure, I think,… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
The grace that has freed us from bondage to sin is desperately needed to free us from our bondage to materialism. — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
“Worst of all carnivores are the humans, There is no end to their appetite. Animals no longer partake once they are full,… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
When we of the so-called better classes are scared as men were never scared in history at material ugliness and hardship; when… — William James Copy Share Image
“They might have you, and they pay badly enough to guarantee you decent company.” — John le Carré Copy Share Image
“And therefore the idea of serving mankind, of the brotherhood and oneness of people, is fading more and more in the world,… — Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Brothers Karamazov Copy Share Image
“One criticism of Freud still sometimes heard on the political Left is that his thinking is individualist — that he substitutes ‘private’… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
Material civilization, nay, even luxury, is necessary to create work for the poor. Bread! Bread! I do not believe in a God… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
America has abandoned the strong woman of spirituality and is shacking up with the harlot of materialism. — Joseph Losey Copy Share Image
“You can’t really, truly love a thing. Love is only possible between beings or groups of beings. Love of a thing doesn’t… — Leland Dirks Copy Share Image
If materialism is true, it seems to me that we cannot know that it is true. If my opinions are the result… — John B. S. Haldane 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
Let there be as little materialism as possible, with the maximum of spirituality. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
I have a firm belief in such things as, you know, the water, the Earth, the trees and sky. And I'm wondering,… — Bill Blass Copy Share Image
The danger, then, is that materialism is not only shaping how we live but the way we think as well. It influences… — Robert Wuthnow 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
A painted landscape is always more beautiful than a real one, because there's more there. Everything is more sensual, and one takes… — Fernando Botero Copy Share Image
“Man would rather be loved for what he has, than be hated for what he lacks.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
I never strike out at any life form. The only things I attack are icons of conspicuous consumption. People put objects in… — Wendy O. Williams Copy Share Image
