Body Quote by Peace Pilgrim

That which compels us to create a substitute for ourselves is not the external lack of objects, but our incapacity to lovingly include a…

— Anonymous

Everybody is different and I think that we live in a material world. But for me, possessing things is not that interesting. Living in…

— Nicolas Berggruen

Somehow, we have come to the erroneous belief that we are all but flesh, blood, and bones, and that's all. So we direct our…

— Maya Angelou

If everything is disposable or recyclable, how does that make us feel about ourselves and each other?

— Jonathan Miles

Our deepest human need is not material at all. Our deepest need is to be seen.

— Marianne Williamson

The moral peril to humanity of thoughtlessly accepting these conveniences [of materialism] (with their inherent disadvantages) as constituting a philosophy of life is now…

— Aldous Huxley

If we look at things scientifically, there is more than enough food and material goods on Earth to take care of all people's needs…

— Jacque Fresco

It would be good if we bore one another's burdens.

— Huston Smith

There is reverence that we owe to everything in human shape.

— William Godwin

There's no shortage of material in life.

— Jonathan Ames

As the conceptual, material world increases its hold on us, and inanimate objects become more lifelike, we humans must become more human. Open hearts,…

— Sakyong Mipham

My burden is my purpose. Without it, I wouldn't be.

— Solange Nicole