Emptiness Quote by Cory Bernardi

“To us, the argument for material well-being might seem uncontroversial. But in the eighteenth century, material prosperity was frequently condemned as "luxury" by religious…

— Jerry Z. Muller

Today, luxury resides in everything that is becoming rare: communion with nature, silence, meditation, slowness rediscovered, the pleasure of living out of step with…

— Pascal Bruckner

“Physical comfort--materialism, if you like--is the enemy of any serious spirituality, I think. When we're warm and well fed, our souls can be empty…

— Lucinda Riley

But, in fact, materialism is among the most problematic of philosophical standpoints, the most impoverished in its explanatory range, and among the most willful…

— David Bentley Hart

“An attitude to life which seeks fulfilment in the single-minded pursuit of wealth - in short, materialism - does not fit into this world,…

— E. F. Schumacher

“Materialism—an attachment to physical goods beyond their practical value—was a trap; a chain to ensnare the foolish with their own greed.”

— Drew Karpyshyn

“luxury   generally prevails in prosperity, and wastes the blessings of God,”

— John Calvin

Luxury lies not in the richness of things, but in the absence of vulgarity

— Coco Chanel

“Materialism, to some extent, requires that the consumer is not fully present or happy. In the moments of a spending frenzy you feel more…

— Patsy Rodenburg

“Equally condemned, in wealthy Western nations, is materialism that degrades the human mind and spirit - that can, in fact, in an age of…

— H.W. Crocker III

“Although we may suffer from idolatry, we do not, I think, suffer from materialism - from the overvaluing of material objects for their own…

— Daniel J. Boorstin

The materialistic view of happiness of our age starkly revealed in our understanding of the word "luxury.

— Alain de Botton