Material Things Quotes

148 quotes by 134 authors

It's nice to have material things but they're very superficial aren't they? — Mark Addy
The possibility of interpretation lies in the identity of the observer with the observed. Each material thing has its celestial side; has its translation, through… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The entire routine of our memorized acquisitions is a consequence of nothing but the Law of Contiguity. The words of a poem, the formulas of… — William James
One day you will realize that material things mean nothing. All that matters is the well being of the people in your life. — Leon Brown
These were people so hungry for love that they were accepting substitutes. There were embracing material things and expecting a sort of hug back. But… — Morrie Schwartz
PROPERTY, n. Any material thing, having no particular value, that may be held by A against the cupidity of B. Whatever gratifies the passion for… — Ambrose Bierce
Meaning doesn't lie in things. Meaning lies in us. When we attach value to things that aren't love - the money, the car, the house,… — Marianne Williamson
If we were never depressed we would not be alive - - only material things don't suffer depression. If human beings were not capable of… — Oswald Chambers
Always demanding the best of oneself, living with honor, devoting one's talents and gifts to the benefits of others - these are the measures of… — Henry Ford
We live an age of science and of abounding accumulation of material things. These did not create the Declaration. Our Declaration created them. ... If… — Calvin Coolidge
When we are generous in welcoming people and sharing something with them-some food, a place in our homes, our time-not only do we no longer… — Pope Francis
Men are more evanescent than pictures, yet one sorrows for lost friends, and pictures are my friends. I have none others. I am never long… — John Ruskin
I read American sagas (of the west) and I do not see people who went in search of material things. I see people who wrote… — Alan Keyes
There is no good trying to be more spiritual than God. God never meant man to purely spiritual creature. That is why He uses material… — C.S. Lewis
The biggest lesson from Africa was that life's joys come mostly from relationships and friendships, not from material things. I saw time and again how… — Andrew Shue
One of the things I have been arguing about - and slowly they maybe coming around - is tjat I personally don't believe in aliens.… — J. T. Walsh
Eternal truths are ultimately invisible, and you won't find them in material things or natural phenomena, or even in human emotions. — Yoko Ogawa
We too often let the material things serve as indicators that we're doing well, even though something inside us tells us that were not doing… — Barack Obama
That coarseness and strength combined with acuteness and inquisitiveness; that practical, inventive turn of mind, quick to find expedients; that masterful grasp of material things,… — Frederick Jackson Turner
Spiritual power is a force which history clearly teaches has been the greatest force in the development of men. Ye. we have been merely playing… — Charles Proteus Steinmetz

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