Materialism Quotes

261 quotes by 201 authors

If European symbols and traditions have grown tired, perfunctory and oppressively banal in Australia, or been drained of spirit and meaning by the dreary dictates… — Michael Leunig
We have to shift our emphasis from economic efficiency and materialism towards a sustainable quality of life and to healing of our society, of our… — Janet Holmes a Court
I believe that the Hindu faith has developed the spiritual in its devotees at the expense of the material, and I think that in the… — Swami Vivekananda
Too early religious advancement of the Hindus and that superfineness in everything which made them cling to higher alternatives, have reduced them to what they… — Swami Vivekananda
When we try in good faith to believe in materialism, in the exclusive reality of the physical, we are asking our selves to step aside;… — John Updike
Ordinary people do not question the commonly accepted version of reality. They conform to the standard values of subduing enemies and cherishing friends and family.… — Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
Marxism is not only the theory of socialism, it is an integral world outlook, a philosophical system, from which Marxâ€™s proletarian socialism logically follows. This… — Joseph Stalin
Well, I would have to say as a Christian that I believe any belief system, any world view, whether its Zen Buddhism or Hinduism or… — Albert Mohler
We live in a materialist world, and materialism appeals so strongly to humanity, no matter where. — Wole Soyinka
Sex is the mysticism of materialism and the only possible religion in a materialistic society. — Malcolm Muggeridge
Envy never comes to the ball dressed as envy; it comes dressed as high moral standards or distaste for materialism. — Martin Amis
The rejection of all abstract formalism. Materialism reminds every science of its real source: the world men transform. No science can, whether in its history… — Louis Althusser
Our chief comforts often produce our greatest anxieties, and the increase in our possessions is but an inlet to new disquietudes. — Oliver Goldsmith
I've always felt that your belongings have never been on a level with you. — George Eliot
In poor Rosamond's mind there was not room enough for luxuries to look small in. — George Eliot
To what faults do you feel most indulgent? To the ones that arise from urgent material needs. — Christopher Hitchens
Why should the simple fact of your having more money entitle you to a greater share of the Earth's limited natural resources? — Shekhar Kapur
A painted landscape is always more beautiful than a real one, because there's more there. Everything is more sensual, and one takes refuge in its… — Fernando Botero
When the perfect order prevails, the world is like a home shared by all. Leaders are capable and virtuous. Everyone loves and respects their own… — Confucius
Gangsta rap often reaches higher than its ugliest, lowest common denominator, misogyny, violence, materialism and sexual transgression are not its exclusive domain. At its best,… — Michael Eric Dyson

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