Material Wealth Quotes
52 quotes by 50 authors
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I learned that along with the towering achievements of the cultures of ancient Greece and China there stood the culture of Africa, unseen and denied…
— Paul Robeson
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No nation as rich as ours should have so many people isolated on islands of poverty in such a sea of material wealth.
— Andrew Young
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In this world it is possible to achieve great material wealth, to live an opulent life. But a life built upon those things alone leaves…
— Cesar Chavez
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It is true that the trees are for human use. But these are aesthetic uses as well as commercial uses-uses for the spiritual wealth of…
— Joseph LeConte
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Paradoxical as it may seem, men and women who are free to pursue individualism and material wealth turn out to be the most compassionate of…
— Lawrence B. Lindsey
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Infinitely more important than sharing one's material wealth is sharing the wealth of ourselves-our time and energy, our passion and commitment, and, above all, our…
— William E. Simon
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When you read Marx (or Jesus) this way, you come to see that real wealth is not material wealth and real poverty is not just…
— Grace Lee Boggs
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At the end of your lives you will not be judged by academic successes, the degrees or diplomas earned, the positions held, the material wealth…
— Howard W. Hunter
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Greed for enlightenment and immortality is no different than greed for material wealth. It is self-centered and dualistic, and thus an obstacle to true attainment.…
— Laozi
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There is no prosperity, trade, art, city, or great material wealth of any kind, but if you trace it home, you will find it rooted…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Politicians learned hundreds of years ago that people who had little material wealth were incredibly jealous of those who had more than they did. This…
— Neal Boortz
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Seek not material wealth, seek the Lord who owns it all
— Shri Radhe Maa
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Generations of human beings were transformed into machines in the relentless pursuit of material wealth: We lived to work.
— Jeremy Rifkin
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Dream big dreams! Others may deprive you of your material wealth and cheat you in a thousand ways, but no man can deprive you of…
— Jesse Jackson
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Labour is ... not the only source of material wealth, i.e, of the use-values it produces. As William Petty says, Labour is the father of…
— Karl Marx
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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
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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
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God welcomes genuine service, and that is the service of a soul that offers the bare and simple sacrifice of truth; but from false service,…
— Philo
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Material wealth does not equate to success. Equanimity and peace of mind does
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
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These Souls with great Material Possessions were allowed this because of Past Good Works in their Previous Life, but now feel there is no need…
— Mary Todd Lincoln
Who Wrote These Material Wealth Quotes
50 authors contributed a total of 52 Material Wealth Quotes, led by these top contributors: