Material Quotes

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Devotion gradually progresses to higher levels. . . . One type goes to God and asks Him to remove his suffering. Another one will ask… — Swami Satchidananda
The Challenge is to pry Bertie loose from Dain and his circle of oafish dengenerates,â€ Jessica said severely. â€œIt would be far more profitable to… — Loretta Chase
I do forget sometimes how much it means for certain menâ€”for certain peopleâ€”to be able to provide their loved ones with material comforts and protection… — Elizabeth Gilbert
Our pleasures are not material pleasures, but symbols of pleasure â€“ attractively packaged but inferior in content. — Alan Watts
Consciousness does not just passively reflect the objective material world; it plays an active role in creating reality itself. — Stanislav Grof
Those who have not found their true wealth, which is the radiant joy of Being and the deep, unshakable peace that comes with it, are… — Eckhart Tolle
I always write a draft version of the novel in which I try to develop, not the story, not the plot, but the possibilities of… — Mario Vargas Llosa
On the theft of his material by Denis Leary: "I have a scoop for you. I stole his act. I camouflaged it with punchlines, and… — Bill Hicks
As we peer into society's future, we -- you and I, and our government -- must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
But the thing about remembering is that you don't forget. You take your material where you find it, which is in your life, at the… — Tim O'Brien
It is true that neither the ancient wisdoms nor the modern sciences are complete in themselves. They do not stand alone. They call for one… — Thomas Merton
... imaginary gardens with real toads in them ... ... if you demand on one hand, the raw material of poetry in all its rawness… — Marianne Moore
It doesn't matter if I'm only to be gone four days, as in this case; I take six months' supply of reading material everywhere. Anyone… — Robin McKinley
I swear, you are the only person I know who makes decisions based on what will provide the best material for a diary. — Rob Thomas
With a shiver of foreboding he saw his marriage becoming what most of the other marriages about him were: a dull association of material and… — Edith Wharton
I have loved books all my life. There is nothing more beautiful in our material world than the book. — Patti Smith
The years... when I pursued the inner images were the most important time of my life. Everything else is to be derived from this. It… — Carl Jung
None of us constitutes a material whole, identical for everyone, which a person has only to go look up as though we were a book… — Marcel Proust
Avoid providing material for the drama that is always stretched tight between parents and children; it uses up much of the childrenâ€™s strength and wastes… — Rainer Maria Rilke
I cannot live without brainwork. What else is there to live for? Stand at the window here. Was ever such a dreary, dismal, unprofitable world?… — Arthur Conan Doyle

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