“In reality most human beings are not, to most human beings, more important than money.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
In an era ruled by materialism and unstable geopolitics, art must be restored to the center of public education. — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
“Economy that rewards selfishness, is but a glorified criminal offense.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Solitude is a way to defend the spirit against the murderous din of our materialism. — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“Those who cannot win trophies and medals, they create status symbols for themselves.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
In poor Rosamond's mind there was not room enough for luxuries to look small in. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“Fighting corruption will only be effective when we attack its real cause: the materialism that distorts our virtues.” — Victor Bello Accioly Copy Share Image
“We preoccupy ourselves with what we had — or what we want to have — at the expense of what we have.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Neither materialism, nor spiritualism reveals the truth - neither atheism, nor theism reveals the truth - neither intellectualism, nor callousness reveals the… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Everything that I hold will eventually be gone. Subsequently, the quality of my life will depend on whether I choose to appreciate… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
If there be no eternal life, still the enjoyment of spiritual thoughts as ideals is keener and makes a man happier, whilst… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“If we opt, over and over, to surrender our valuable energy and time to people and things that hold no real value… — Sol Luckman Copy Share Image
Materialism prevails in Europe today. You may pray for the salvation of the modern sceptics, but they do not yield, they want… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“He had brought no possessions with him; he would take none away. There were none to have--everything of value was in the… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I always prided myself on the fact that I could live out of milk crates forever. It was kind of my way… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
As long as this deliberate refusal to understand things from above, even where such understanding is possible, continues, it is idle to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If European symbols and traditions have grown tired, perfunctory and oppressively banal in Australia, or been drained of spirit and meaning by… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
“...if I try to make only enough money for my family' immediate needs, it may violate Scripture. ...Even though earning just enough… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
We wanted to more richly experience why we were alive, not just make a better life, and so people went in search… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
The truth is that things matter. They have to, they are what we live with and touch each and every day. They… — Nate Berkus Copy Share Image
How can we recognize if we're falling into materialism's trap? Christ's words were direct and profound: "Where your treasure is, there your… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
New pressures are causing ever more people to find their main satisfaction in their consumptive role rather than in their productive role.… — Vance Packard Copy Share Image
What's the biggest commercial for aggression, sexuality and materialism? What gets pumped into these kids' heads? Taking someone else's girl, which is… — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
“In a hyper materialist environment where everything is reduced to mere economic considerations, what we deem to be important is often trivial,… — Cory Bernardi Copy Share Image
What is the idea of God in heaven? Materialism. The Vedantic idea is the infinite principle of God embodied in every one… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“A mental disease has swept the planet: banalization. Everyone is hypnotized by production and comfort -- sewage system, elevator, bathroom, washing machine.… — Tom McDonough Copy Share Image
“Our lives are mere flashes of light in an infinitely empty universe. In 12 years of education the most important lesson I… — Dominic Owen Mallary Copy Share Image
“Renouncing false beliefs will not usher in the millennium. Few things about the strategy of contemporary apologists are more repellent than their… — Walter Kaufmann Copy Share Image
“The main defect of all hitherto-existing materialism — that of Feuerbach included — is that the Object [der Gegenstand], actuality, sensuousness, are… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
“The great point in Christianity is the search for an independent content for spiritual life which, according to the insights of its… — Allama Iqbal Copy Share Image
“The problem with people today, is, they have religions but they have no spirituality. They go to church but they cannot even… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“One late winter afternoon in Oxford Street, amid the noise of vehicles and voices that filled that dusky thoroughfare, as I was… — Logan Pearsall Smith Copy Share Image
“Without death there would be no life, just like lions need to kill in order to live” — Thabiso Monkoe Copy Share Image
The fact remains that the materialistic view is a truncated view of reality. — Stephen C. Meyer Copy Share Image
“The death of a billionaire is worth more to the media than the lives of a billion poor people.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“An expensive coffin does not decrease the deceased’s chances of going to hell.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
American business needs a lifting purpose greater than the struggle of materialism. — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
Materialism, which gives priority to material needs and objects, is obviously the opposite of spirituality — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
“Philosophy, that leaned on Heaven before, Shrinks to her second cause, and is no more.” — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
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