Material Quotes

2445 Material quotes by 1790 unique authors

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 can’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
When I think of a place of worship, I think of a place where one can sit and be reminded of all the things that… — Richard Meier
You have to laugh at yourself. Otherwise you'll waste all that great material. — Mark Driscoll
Generosity is not limited to the giving of material things. We can be generous with our kindness and receptivity. Generosity can mean the simple giving… — Gil Fronsdal
In sports teams, apart from talk of sporting prowess and the imparting of inspirational thought, an extraordinary amount of time is spent discussing, and flaunting,… — Harsha Bhogle
I write a lot of material you've never heard that live inside my sadness. You'll hear a song that lasts six to seven minutes of… — Jason Mraz
Money is a tool of exchange, which can't exist unless there are goods produced and men able to produce them. Money is the material shape… — Ayn Rand
If you look at the careers of great entrepreneurs and you look at the moment they took their plunge, the plunge is rarely a great… — Malcolm Gladwell
Just as nature takes every obstacle, every impediment, and works around it--turns it to its purposes, incorporates it into itself, so, too, a rational being… — Marcus Aurelius
You may have occasion to possess or use material things, but the secret of life lies in never missing them. — Mahatma Gandhi
It is important that spiritual advancement must keep pace with material advancement... — Haile Selassie
Increase your word power. Words are the raw material of our craft. — P.D. James
I know fashion is a material thing, but we live in a material world and I love clothes. — Patti Smith
As long as we prioritize material truths over spiritual truths we will live in tyranny because we are living an illusion — Russell Brand
Africa may yet prove to be the spiritual conservatory of the world ...When the civilised nations in consequence of their wonderful material development, shall have… — Edward Wilmot Blyden
Releasing the chains to the material means experiencing life within each cell, moment to moment, each moment renewed. — Barbara Brennan

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