Materialism Quotes

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Man stands in materialism; you and I are materialists. Our talking about God and Spirit is good; but it is simply the vogue in our… — Swami Vivekananda
Materialism and all its miseries can never be conquered by materialism. — Swami Vivekananda
Materialism has come to the rescue of India in a certain sense by throwing open the doors of life to everyone, by destroying the exclusive… — Swami Vivekananda
Materialism prevails in Europe today. You may pray for the salvation of the modern sceptics, but they do not yield, they want reason. — Swami Vivekananda
Neither idealists nor materialists are right; we must take both idea and expression. — Swami Vivekananda
You have to decide to servant the gods of materialism all around us or the true and the living God. — Billy Graham
Since science is essentially objective, involving the study of how things actually are, "materialism" would therefore seem to be its antithesis, since its starting point… — Melanie Phillips
Man needs music, literature, and painting - all those oases of perfection that make up art - to compensate for the rudeness and materialism of… — Fernando Botero
Who lives as a citizen, may write as a philosopher - but write as a philosopher, it is to teach materialism! — Julien Offray de La Mettrie
People are realizing that what seemed important to them in their lives-materialism and consumerism-doesn't work at all to make a happy heart. It actually makes… — Sylvia Boorstein
It becomes necessary to learn how to clear the mind of all clouds, to free it of all useless ballast and debris by dismissing the… — Indra Devi
We call it keeping up with the Joneses. They buy a boat and we buy a bigger one. They get a new TV and we… — Melody Beattie
We know that material things don't offer contentment, but we still buy more-more of the props and gadgets our culture tells us we must have… — Susan L. Taylor
Countries like ours are full of people who have all of the material comforts they desire, yet lead lives of quiet (and at times noisy)… — Bernard Levin
One of the problems we have is that we cannot just be content to admire and enjoy, we have to possess and feel we own… — Joseph Girzone
When a person's primary objective is to maximize material pleasures while minimizing discomforts, then life becomes a constant process of "pushing" (trying to push away… — Duane Elgin
Science has rolled its war wagons over the crushed myths of so many religious beliefs. It has marshaled its mechanics to explain the motions of… — Walker Evans
And I, a materialist who does not believe in the starry heaven promised to a human being, for this dog and for every dog I… — Pablo Neruda
There is one advantage to having nothing, it never needs repair. — Frank A. Clark
The son will run away from the family not at eighteen but at twelve, emancipated by his gluttonous precocity; he will fly not to seek… — Charles Baudelaire

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