Quotes About Materialism

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Buddha gave up his throne and renounced his position, that was true renunciation; but there cannot be any question of renunciation in the case of a beggar who has nothing to renounce.

People place such importance on the external. It's disgusting.

From Gold gold bars and gold ingots bare their teeth the skulls keep silent the sockets speak

Black Friday: because only in America people trample each other for sales exactly one day after being thankful for what they already have.

He who dies with the most toys wins.

If shopping doesn't make you happy, then you're in the wrong shop.

Lord, let us not hold tight to those earthly things we long for lest You be torn from our grasp.

Our entire society's based on discontent: people wanting more and more and more, being constantly dissatisfied with their homes, their bodies, their decor, their clothes, everything. Taking it for granted that that's the whole point of life, never to be satisfied. If you're perfectly happy with what you've got–specially if what you've got isn't even all that spectacular–then you're dangerous.

didn't look at her again—probably to avoid the permanent look of resentment now etched upon her face, a look Zoe tried impossibly to hide. That morning, however, as he tossed the briefcase into the backseat of his car, what it might contain, or how much he'd spent for the damned thing, was the furthest thing from Zoe's mind. The instant he was out of the driveway,

Zoe wasn't his partner, she was his trophy, and the thing about trophies is that they got old fast and, soon enough, you needed another conquest and another trophy on the shelf.

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He scolded his listeners for being eager to sell off their few productive assets in exchange for articles of prestige. "You say you want a definition of perpetual motion?" he asked. "Give the average Negro a Cadillac and tell him to park it on some land he owns.

It is too late for lip service, the service of the Pharisee. God is deaf to such prayers. There must be an awakening in the hearts of man, true repentance, true penance. Not prayers that we be saved from the death of the body, but prayers that we be saved from the death of the spirit, which is hatred and lust and cruelty and materialism.

Thing-worshipers. Not idea-worshipers. A man who worships things can't ever be taught to worship abstractions.

The more wants a man has, the less freedom.

He still gazed at me, but I was confused. "It is not new that men confuse material prosperity with blessedness, and fail to value spiritual prosperity.

Well, honey, I had the million dollar houses, I had the car, I had the horse, I had the barn I had everything. Was I set free? I didn't even know what that meant.

The last suit we wear doesn't need any pockets.

If you think about human nature, our favourite pair of shoes are the ones we bought yesterday, our favourite thing is the newest thing that we haveand the thing weve seen the most and for the longest period of time is our reflection in the mirror, so obviously thats going to be our least favourite thing.

We give them material things and take delight in their delight in possessions. Then we hope that somewhere down the line they will see that a life worth living is found only in knowing and serving God.

My first signing bonus was 3,500 bucks. I bought speakers and a five-disc carousel CD changer. Dude, I thought I was the wealthiest quarterback around.

When I was little, I used to adore gold. It was something special.

I, Joan Crawford, I believe in the dollar. Everything I earn, I spend.