Material world Quote by Daniel Abraham

“He had only heard positive stories and legends from his family. It could fall to reason that there would be ones who sought power…

— Natasha Brown

“Now a new era had dawned upon the world, which quivered with the impact of tremendous forces, of discoveries and inventions. Man rode upon…

— Robert Nathan

“When you set man against the vastness of the cosmos, the only thing left is humility, a virtue he often discards in the heat…

— Psyche Roxas-Mendoza

“There, wealth is a god, and the greed of gain a virtue. There, genius starves, and heroism dies unrewarded. There, faith is martyred, and…

— Marie Corelli

“There are only a few natural forces in this world that can make a rational man go against his judgment: love and greed.”

— Albie Cullen

“Let him! He is great but in his greatness he is no happier than we in our conflict! Goodness would not make evil; and…

— George Gordon Byron

“Large sums passed through his hands. Nevertheless, nothing changed his way of life or added the slightest luxury to his simple life. Quite the…

— Victor Hugo

“He mad no moral judgements. He accepted mankind as he found it, and looked for the profit to be made from its strengths or…

— Wilbur A. Smith

“If anyone rises to power, it's not only because he could, but also because the stars were aligned in his favor. Many with apparent…

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

“…In this way that he sought to control the very passage of his life, deftly and without forethought, yet precisely and with enormous care.…

— Jesse Ball

“A great many people, he had noticed, spent large parts of their time worrying about things they were powerless to alter. Had they concentrated…

— Setterfield Diane

“Our world is peaks and valleys, with rules in great abundance. But in the minds of great thinkers there is power. Think openly and…

— E.J. Norris