Materialism Quotes

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I see that any materialism in life coarsens the soul, and that the hunger of the body and the appetites of the flesh desecrate always,… — Oscar Wilde
The most loathsome materialism is not the kind people usually think of, but the sort that attempts to let dead ideas pass for living realities,… — Albert Camus
The Whites have carried to these (colonial) people the worst that they could carry: the plagues of the world: materialism, fanaticism, alcoholism, and syphilis. Moreover,… — Adolf Hitler
The day you stop racing, is the day you win the race. — Bob Marley
The world says: "You have needs -- satisfy them. You have as much right as the rich and the mighty. Don't hesitate to satisfy your… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
The plants that produce visions can function- for those of us who have inherited the New World Order of barren materialism, cut off from our… — Daniel Pinchbeck
I envied women with signature hair-dos, signature perfumes, signature sign-offs. Novelists who tell Vogue Magazine: â€œI canâ€™t live without my Smythson notebook, Pomegranate Noir cologne… — Emma Forrest
The two men who have done the greatest harm to the world are Christ and Columbus. Christ taught us guilt and sacrifice, to live only… — Anais Nin
I wish i could tell you that through the tragedy i mined some undiscovered, life-altering absolute that i could pass on to you.I didn't.The cliches… — Harlan Coben
Secularism, materialism, and the intrusive presence of things have put out the light in our souls and turned us into a generation of zombies. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Religion without science is superstition. Science without religion is materialism. — BahÃ¡'u'llÃ¡h
Materialism, attachment to things of the world, includes pride. Many religious people suffer from pride: taking pleasure or even delight in being good, or religious. — Idries Shah
Place the lives of children in their formative years, despite the convictions of their parents, under the intimate control of experts appointed by the state,… — John Gresham Machen
The real problems of our planet are not economic or technical, they are philosophical. The philosophy of unbridled materialism is being challenged by events. — E F Schumacher
Science investigates, religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power, religion gives man wisdom which is control. Science deals mainly with facts, religion deals… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I have all but killed myself for Photography. My passion for it is greater than ever. It's forty years that I have fought its fight...… — Alfred Stieglitz
We need leadership that can elevate religion and morality to their position of paramount importance and thus eliminate growing selfishness, immorality and materialism. — George W. Romney
We are shallow because we have become enslaved by gross materialism, the glitter of gold and its equivalents, for which reason we think that only… — F. Sionil Jose
I solemnly declare that this spiritual kingdom of faith will move forward with or without each of us individually. No unhallowed hand can stay the… — James E. Faust
It is a law in the universe that a wave of spiritual awakening is always followed by a period of doubting materialism, each phase is… — Max Heindel

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