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Side by side with the miseries of underdevelopment...we find ourselves up against a form of superdevelopment, equally inadmissable. This superdevelopment consists in an excessive availability… — Pope John Paul II
Simplicity in its essence demands neither a vow of poverty nor a life of rural homesteading. As an ethic of self-conscious material moderation, it can… — David Shi
That happiness is to be attained through limitless material acquisition is denied by every religion and philosophy known to mankind, but is preached incessantly by… — Robert Neelly Bellah
The most outstanding characteristic of Eastern civilization is to know contentment, whereas that of Western civilization is not to know contentment. Contented Easterners are satisfied… — Hu Shih
The possessions God allows us to have are intended for our use, not our enjoyment. Trying to squeeze something out of them that was never… — William Gurnall
We are going to have bodies like Jesus did after He was resurrected. Each of us is going to have a new eternal, glorified body.… — David Berg
Paul observed, We brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out (1 Timothy 6:7). He was referring to material… — David Berg
Doctor Johnson said, that in sickness there were three things that were material; the physician, the disease, and the patient: and if any two of… — Francis Bacon
Every time a significant discovery is being made one sets in motion a tremendous activity in laboratories and industrial enterprises throughout the world. It is… — Bengt I. Samuelsson
To discover the laws of operative power in material productions, whether formed by man or brought into being by Nature herself, is the work of… — William Whewell
We have now felled forest enough everywhere, in many districts far too much. Let us restore this one element of material life to its normal… — George Perkins Marsh
The earth is at the same time mother, She is mother of all that is natural, mother of all that is human. She is mother… — Hildegard of Bingen
Thoughts and ideas are not phantoms. They are real things. Although intangible and immaterial, they are factors in bringing about changes in the realm of… — Ludwig von Mises
A tree is a being that is more spiritual than material. — Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov
I have divers times examined the same matter (human semen) from a healthy man... not from a sick man... nor spoiled by keeping... for a… — Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
All material Things seem to have been composed of the hard and solid Particles ... variously associated with the first Creation by the Counsel of… — Isaac Newton
If you trust that the people making the show love the source material and the characters, and it's a different medium and there are different… — Greg Bryk
I think some of the most creative work is coming out of television. I felt it's very immediate and I like that. It's really fast.… — Charlize Theron
The thing I noticed is that a lot of times great material can get ruined if its not in the right hands. — Charlize Theron
I came to the conclusion is that we have a very shallow view of human nature in the policy world. We're really good at talking… — David Brooks

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