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
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
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
“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
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
“…I am inclined to think that these muscles and bones of mine would have gone off long ago to Megara or Boeotia—by… — Plato 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
“Remember, philosophically speaking, Americans are mongrels —practical materialists but with a dreamy streak of divine approval.” — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
Criticism alone can sever the root of materialism, fatalism, atheism, free-thinking, fanaticism, and superstition, which can be injurious universally; as well as… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
I believe in logic, the sequence of cause and effect, and in science its only begotten son our law, which was conceived… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Too early religious advancement of the Hindus and that superfineness in everything which made them cling to higher alternatives, have reduced them… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
I wonder how long this word will last, governed exclusively by the merciless, inhuman and immoral criteria of global economy. Seeing the… — Tiziano Terzani 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
“Even if materialism brought happiness in this life (which it certainly does not), it would leave us woefully unprepared for the next.… — Randy Alcorn 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
The main point of any spiritual practice is to step out of the bureaucracy of ego. This means stepping out of ego's… — Chogyam Trungpa 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
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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
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
“When selecting a one-night stand, a heterosexual woman who is materialistic is a trillion times more likely to choose a sexually unattractive… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
If there is such a thing as spiritual materialism, it is displayed in the urge to possess the mountains rather than to… — Wojciech Kurtyka Copy Share Image
Are you apathetic toward the saccharine goodness evangelized by sentimental, superstitious fanatics, but equally bored by the intellectuals who worship at the… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
It is worth remembering (though there is nothing that we can do about it) that the world as it really is may… — C. D. Broad Copy Share Image
My definition of prosperity would be quite different than what most people probably imagine or think, because I think that a wholeness… — Paula White Copy Share Image
The closed circle of materialism is clear to us now - aspirations become wants, wants become needs, and self-gratification becomes a bottomless… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
The history of prevailing status quos shows decay and decadence infecting the opulent materialism of the Haves. The spiritual life of the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Materialism is the recognition of "objects in themselves", or outside the mind; ideas and sensations are copies of images of those objects. — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
“15. “The love of money is the root of all evil” (1Timothy 6:10, KJV). That’s why Jesus issues more warnings about materialism… — James C. Dobson Copy Share Image
There will be a change in worldview from materialism and failure to conscious evolution. And everyone's potential to participate! — Barbara Marx Hubbard Copy Share Image
Materialism, attachment to things of the world, includes pride. Many religious people suffer from pride: taking pleasure or even delight in being… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
Our chief comforts often produce our greatest anxieties, and the increase in our possessions is but an inlet to new disquietudes. — Oliver Goldsmith 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
The structure of human betterment cannot be built upon foundations of materialism or business, but upon the bedrock of individual character in… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
It's so easy today to get swept up in celebrity fixation and materialism and searching for some validation outside of yourself when… — Geoffrey S. Fletcher Copy Share Image
