Quotes About Materialism

The rest of this book, therefore, is dedicated to helping you make the jump. First, I will show you the three forces holding you back, and how to remove them. They are your addiction to work and success, your attachment to worldly rewards, and your fear of decline.

It makes no sense in modern life to use our energies to have five cars, five bathrooms, or even five shirts, but we just . . . want them.

Use things. Love people. Worship the divine.

If you love things, you will strive to objectify yourself in terms of money, power, pleasure, and prestige—idols all. You will worship yourself—or, at least, a two-dimensional cutout of yourself.

Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become, and the same is true of fame"—that's philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, writing in 1851, more than a century and half before social media was invented and made the whole problem ten times worse.

No utopia can ever give satisfaction to everyone, all the time. As their material conditions improve, men raise their sights and become discontented with power and possessions that once would have seemed beyond their wildest dreams. And even when the external world has granted all it can, there still remain the searchings of the mind and the longings of the heart.

North American civilization is one of the ugliest to have emerged in human history, and it has engulfed the world. Asphalt and exhaust fumes clog the villages…. This great, though disastrous, culture can only change as we begin to stand off and see… the inveterate materialism which has become the model for cultures around the globe.

I'm so unmaterialistic in every way. If you saw my apartment, it would explain a lot, I think. It's not so much a mess, but it just needs to have some feng shui or a real 'Queer Eye' makeover or whatever.

The quest for riches darkens the sense of right and wrong.

Without question, the material world and your everyday needs distract you from living meaningfully.

People who truly have money don't need to go around talking about it. God can take it from you as quick as he gave it to you, and people need to remember that!

I've learnt that money comes very quickly, but it leaves even quicker.

There seems to be such a laziness in - and I hate to use this phrase - the modern world. Everything is pumped out so quickly so that you can read it while passing by, like billboards or those flashcards before movie shows.

We seem to live in an age where we are quietly appalled by the idea of appetites, whether they be for sex, food or diamonds.

It's a lot harder to rack up a big bill on clothes and shoes than on boats and cars.

To this day, I am the least materialistic person I know, because my father didn't raise me to just go out and buy this or that car. The only reason I wanted to make money as an actor was because I'm passionate about food!

This is the other thing: we make the cost of raising kids higher than it has to be just because we feel they need all this stuff, like gadgets, certain schools, and activities that are nice but aren't really necessary.

I used to have the Range Rover LR3, which I loved very, very much.

I did buy my mother a Range Rover and a new crib. It feels good to say that.

I've got three Bentleys, a couple of Mercs, and two Range Rovers.

A house full of new furniture doesn't mean a whole lot.

I always have to have the new gadgets and stuff when they come out. I'm not really interested enough in learning how they work.

I don't believe happiness comes out of material gain, for sure.

I don't need five Ferraris in my garage to feel great; that's not what matters to me.