Materialism Quotes

261 quotes by 197 authors

We are all born brave, trusting and greedy, and most of us remain greedy. — Mignon McLaughlin
It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach, but idealism. Men get into trouble by taking their visions… — H. L. Mencken
I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive. — Henry Miller
The beast for me is greed. Whether you read Dante, Swift, or any of these guys, it always boils down to the same thing: the… — Ben Nicholson
In an era ruled by materialism and unstable geopolitics, art must be restored to the center of public education. — Camille Paglia
Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this materialistic age a great many of us are possessed by… — Peace Pilgrim
But men are so full of greed today, they'll sell anything for a little piece of money. — Little Richard
Individually, people are finding that a simpler lifestyle provides greater satisfaction than relentless pursuit of materialism. — Laurance Rockefeller
Freedom comes only to those who no longer ask of life that it shall yield them any of those personal goods that are subject to… — Bertrand Russell
An intriguing paradox of the 1990s is that it isn't called a decade of greed. — Paul Samuelson
You don't want to be that parent - the one who dresses his kid in a cloth sack when all the other kids are in… — George Saunders
An attitude to life which seeks fulfillment in the single-minded pursuit of wealth - in short, materialism - does not fit into this world, because… — E F Schumacher
Contemporary science is based on the philosophy of materialism, which claims that all reality is material or physical. — Rupert Sheldrake
We must rapidly begin the shift from a "thing-oriented" society to a "person-oriented" society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Now, my own suspicion is that the universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose. I have read and… — John B. S. Haldane
[M]an has been accustomed, ever since he was a boy, to having a dozen incompatible philosophies dancing about together inside his head. He doesn't think… — C.S. Lewis
Solitude is a way to defend the spirit against the murderous din of our materialism. — Thomas Merton
Materialism is in fact no protection. Those who seek it in that hope (they are not a negligible class) will be disappointed. The thing you… — C.S. Lewis
My wish simply is to live my life as fully as I can. In both our work and our leisure, I think, we should be… — Wendell Berry
A lot of people get so hung up on what they can't have that they don't think for a second about whether they really want… — Lionel Shriver

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