Our Material Quotes

31 quotes by 27 authors

Our American values are not luxuries but necessities, not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself. Our common vision of a free and… — Jimmy Carter
Wealth is the means, and people are the ends. All our material riches will avail us little if we do not use them to expand… — John F. Kennedy
If we slide into one of those rare moments of military honesty, we realize that the technical demands of modern warfare are so complex a… — Ernest K. Gann
Jesus Christ does not teach us a spirituality 'of closed eyes,' but one of 'alertness,' one which entails an absolute duty to take notice of… — Pope Benedict XVI
... the ecological problem of our times demands a radical reevaluation of how we see the entire world; it demands a different interpretation of matter… — Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople
We are for aiding our allies by sharing some of our material blessings with those nations which share in our fundamental beliefs, but we are… — Ronald Reagan
At the final day the Savior will not ask about the nature of our callings. He will not inquire about our material possessions or fame.… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
We tend to think of consecration only as yielding up, when divinely directed, our material possessions. But ultimate consecration is the yielding up of oneself… — Neal A. Maxwell
Our material eye cannot see that a stupid chauvinism is driving us from one noisy, destructive, futile agitation to another. — Anne Sullivan Macy
The patterns of activity of neurons in sensory areas can be altered by patterns of attention. Experience coupled with attention leads to physical changes in… — Michael Merzenich
The more we simplify our material needs the more we are free to think of other things. — Eleanor Roosevelt
When the mind is turbulent, uncontrolled and restless, it is like a pond of water that is filled with mud. Therefore when we look within… — Radhanath Swami
We are all sculptors and painters, and our material is our own flesh and blood and bone. — Henry David Thoreau
We are profoundly grateful for the blessings bestowed upon us: the preservation of our freedom, so dearly bought and so highly prized; our opportunities for… — Harry S. Truman
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
Transformation is the shift of the principle which orients the personâ€™s life, which is ordinarily the principle of gaining satisfaction. Essentially what organizes life for… — Werner Erhard
The castle-building habit, the day-dreaming habit - how it grows! what a luxury it becomes; how we fly to its enchantments at every idle moment,… — Mark Twain
Many of the products which create a modern standard of living are only the physical incorporations of ideas- not only the ideas of an Edison… — Thomas Sowell
The failure of national economic policy is costing us more than jobs; it has begun to weaken that uniquely American spirit of risk-taking, large ambition,… — Mitch Daniels
True education is concerned not only with practical goals but also with values. Our aims assure us of our material life, our values make possible… — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

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