Material Quotes

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My definition of democracy is - A form and a method of Government whereby revolutionary changes in the social life are brought about without bloodshed.… — B R Ambedkar
Giving material goods is one form of generosity, but one can extend an attitude of generosity into all one's behavior. Being kind, attentive, and honest… — Dalai Lama
If money and material things become the center of our lives, they seize us and make us slaves. — Pope Francis
We all want to live a happy life and have a right to do so, whether through work or spiritual practice. I'm subject to destructive… — Dalai Lama
A sense of contentment is crucial to being happy. Physical health, material wealth and friends contribute to this, but contentment governs our relations with them… — Dalai Lama
It is spiritual poverty, not material lack, that lies at the core of all human suffering. — Paramahansa Yogananda
The best aid to give is intellectual aid, a gift of useful knowledge. A gift of knowledge is infinitely preferable to a gift of material… — E F Schumacher
It is important that spiritual advancement must keep pace with material advancement. When this comes to be realized man's journey toward higher and more lasting… — Haile Selassie
The true poet has no choice of material. The material plainly chooses him, not he it. — J D Salinger
There is an intellectual function in us which demands unity, connection and intelligibility from any material, whether of perception or thought, that comes within its… — Sigmund Freud
Love isn't material. It's energy... We experience it as kindness, giving, mercy, compassion, peace, joy, acceptance, non-judgment, joining and intimacy. — Marianne Williamson
I'm really happy that I was raised Catholic because it's given me years of material. — Kate Clinton
Worthless is the charity of the man who bestows it unwillingly, because material charity is not his, but God's gift, while only the disposition of… — John of Kronstadt
...when seeking material light, remember the spiritual light which is indispensable for the soul, and without which it remains in the darkness of the passions,… — John of Kronstadt
There is no worse material poverty, I am keen to stress, than the poverty which prevents people from earning their bread and deprives them of… — Pope Francis
Now, you believe you are a material person dabbling with. But essentially, you are a spiritual being dabbling with the material world means you have… — Jaggi Vasudev
By means of hearing one understands dharma, malignity vanishes, knowledge is acquired, and liberation from material bondage is gained. — Chanakya
Every atom is trying to go and join itself to the next atom. Atoms after atoms combine, making huge balls, the earths, the suns, the… — Swami Vivekananda
If we human beings rely only on material development, we canâ€™t be sure of a positive outcome. Employing technology motivated by anger and hatred is… — Dalai Lama
Time is the inexplicable raw material of everything. With it, all is possible, without it nothing. The supply of time is truly a daily miracle,… — Arnold Bennett

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