“A man's Self is the sum total of all that he can call his, not only his body and his psychic powers,… — William James Copy Share Image
“Most people do not mind having a house that is smaller and/or a car that is cheaper than their neighbours’, as long… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Mark, therefore, the ordinary theory of practical religion, what it leads to. Charity is great, but the moment you say it is… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
I think materialism has trumped a lot of stuff, but I don't think it has trumped the heart, especially when it comes… — Shirley MacLaine Copy Share Image
“The things you spend so much time on--all this work you do--might not seem as important. You might have to make room… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“The double consequence of artifice--to project sentience out onto the made world and in turn to make sentience itself into a complex… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Africa may yet prove to be the spiritual conservatory of the world ...When the civilised nations in consequence of their wonderful material… — Edward Wilmot Blyden Copy Share Image
We are not compelled in naturalism, or even in materialism, to ignore immaterial things; the point is that any immaterial things which… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
“Greed is a contagious mental illness without which civilization as we know it would not have been possible.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Sophia sat in meditation on the riverbank when a student bent down to place two enormous pearls at her feet as a… — David W. Jones Copy Share Image
“Like many another materialist, that is, he lied cleverly on the basis of insufficient knowledge, because the knowledge supplied seemed to his… — Algernon Blackwood Copy Share Image
We call it keeping up with the Joneses. They buy a boat and we buy a bigger one. They get a new… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Rome is the Great Beast of atheism and materialism, adoring nothing but itself. Israel is the Great Beast of religion. Neither one… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
But men are so full of greed today, they'll sell anything for a little piece of money. — Little Richard Copy Share Image
“Constantly exposing yourself to popular culture and the mass media will ultimately shape your reality tunnel in ways that are not necessarily… — Anthon St. Maarten Copy Share Image
“[Letter to his wife, Natalia Sedova] In addition to the happiness of being a fighter for the cause of socialism, fate gave… — Leon Trotsky Copy Share Image
“Civilization is in fact the longest story of all. Civilization can persist through a series of economies.” — Fernand Braudel Copy Share Image
The most terrible thing about materialism, even more terrible than its proneness to violence, is its boredom, from which sex alcohol, drugs,… — Malcolm Muggeridge Copy Share Image
“The newly-minted captain admits the irony between the gold on his shoulders and the lack of gold in his pockets.” — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
“The fundamental absurdity of materialism is that it starts from the objective, and takes as the ultimate ground of explanation something objective,… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
“If a faithful account was rendered of man's ideas upon the Divinity, he would be obliged to acknowledge, that for the most… — Paul Henri Thiry d'Holbach Copy Share Image
People once considered that religions were obsolete and that material science would solve all human problems. Then they have become disillusioned with… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“She felt the cold blast from the sterile air conditioning on her bare arms and thighs, as she ambled down the center… — Jess C Scott Copy Share Image
Even if matter could do every outward thing that God does, the idea of it would not work as satisfactorily, because the… — William James Copy Share Image
