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- Mark, therefore, the ordinary theory of practical religion, what it leads to. Charity is great, but the moment you say it is all, you run…
- 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…
- 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…
- No more materialism, no more this egoism, I must become spiritual.
- Spirituality brings a class of men who lay exclusive claim to the special powers of the world. The immediate effect of this is a reaction…
- Superstitions are all materialism, because they are all based on the consciousness of body, body, body. No spirit there. Spirit has no superstitions - it…
- That intense faith in another world, that intense hatred for this world, that intense power of renunciation, that intense faith in God, that intense faith…
- The Hindus have to learn a little bit of materialism from the West and teach them a little bit of spirituality.
- The idea of God grew side by side with the idea of materialism.
- To believe that mind is all, that thought is all is only a higher materialism.
- Two attempts have been made in the world to found social life: the one was upon religion, and the other was upon social necessity. The…
- We must get out of materialism.
- What is the idea of God in heaven? Materialism. The Vedantic idea is the infinite principle of God embodied in every one of us. God…
- Whether on the ground of materialism, or of intellect, or of spirituality, the compensation that is given by the Lord to every one impartially is…
- 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…
- Charity is great, but the moment you say it is all, you run the risk of running into materialism.
- Chârvâkas, a very ancient sect in India, were rank materialists.
- For a time it seemed inevitable that the surging tide of agnosticism and materialism would sweep all before it. There were those who did not…
- If there be no eternal life, still the enjoyment of spiritual thoughts as ideals is keener and makes a man happier, whilst the foolery of…
- I am not talking about what every one of us means by love. Little namby-pamby love is lovely. Man rails in love with woman, and…
- Let there be as little materialism as possible, with the maximum of spirituality.
- Life is called Samsara - it is the result of the conflicting forces acting upon us. Materialism says, "The voice of freedom is a delusion."…
- 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…
- Materialism and all its miseries can never be conquered by materialism.
- 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…
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