Material Quotes

Material Quote of the day

One day you will realize that material things mean nothing. All that matters is the well being of the people in your life.

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

Don't depend on other people to be responsible for you. Don't make yourself stressed out over nonsensical things like material things.

The method of production of the material things of life generally determines the social, political and spiritual currents of life.

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

Children will not remember you for the material things you provided but for the feeling that you cherished them.

A claim for equality of material position can be met only by a government with totalitarian powers.

Inspiration arrives as a packet of material to be delivered.

For perfect love casteth out fear, and fear can only be from the material things that soon must fade away. And thus hold to the higher thought of eternity. For life is a continual experience.

Consciousness does not just passively reflect the objective material world; it plays an active role in creating reality itself.

I was one of those people who put too much emphasis on work and career and material possessions, and it took its toll on all my relationships, on my physical health, my emotional and mental health.

If reality impacted directly on our senses and our consciousness, if we could have direct communication between the material world and ourselves, art would be unnecessary.

Solicitude for material things distracts the soul and divides it. The devil seizes the divided soul and drags it to hell.

If money and material things become the center of our lives, they seize us and make us slaves.

Happiness and unhappiness are not primarily created by the material world or the physical body. First and foremost, they are decisions of the mind.

In the material world, where everything is valued, when you commit yourself to God, beauty and love, it can be mistaken for extravagance.

A man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

The greatest victory in life is to rise above the material things that we once valued most

I have loved books all my life. There is nothing more beautiful in our material world than the book.

Renounce all those material things that you gained by exploiting other human beings.

It becomes necessary to learn how to clear the mind of all clouds, to free it of all useless ballast and debris by dismissing the burden of too much concern with material things.

Those too impressed with material things cannot hold their place n the world of culture; they are relegated to inferiority and ultimate death.

The love for material things grows like a fungus in the soul and destroys the loveliness of the human heart utterly.

Men's ideas are the most direct emanations of their material state.

Intellectual freedom depends upon material things.

Let the moment come when nothing is left but life, and you will find that you do not hesitate over the fate of material possessions.

The time will come when mankind will begin to get away from the consciousness of needing so many material things. More security and peace will be found in the simple life.

The material world has only been constructed at the price of taking the self, that is, mind, out of it, removing it; mind is not part of it...

Subject the material world to the higher ends by understanding it in all its relations to daily life and action.

I used to think that having many material things would increase one's stock of happiness. I found that to be completely untrue. The trappings don't make the man at all.

The progressive development of man [has as its] ultimate purpose the complete mastery of mind over the material world.

Seeking happiness in material things is a sure way of being unhappy.

No matter how good you are, you still need grace to get out of the material world. You can be a yogi or a monk or a nun, but without God's grace you still can't make it.

One aim of physical sciences had been to give an exact picture the material world. One achievement of physics in the twentieth century has been to prove that that aim is unattainable.

We are living in a material world and I'm a material girl.

The more they lack material things, the more they indulge themselves when they can, but the less is their satisfaction with this world and they hunger for life after death(on Russian slave laborers.)

I'm more convinced each day of the complete unreality of the material world and the supreme vitality of the invisible world of spirit.

Just because one is spiritual doesn't mean that one doesn't like crocodile, cashmere. We live in a material world. We still experience these things. It doesn't mean to completely disregard them.

Happiness doesn't come from money and material things, but from the self-expression they can offer you.

I am the original Material Girl.

Inequality may linger in the world of material things, but great music, great literature, great art and the wonders of science are, and should be, open to all.

Let's be cautious about relying so much on material things that we have no energy left for the spiritual aspects of our lives.

The roots of addiction can be seen in our search for happiness in something outside of our self, be it drugs, relationships, material possessions.

My whole life is driven by love. It always has been. It's never been driven by material things - which are just benefits of doing something I loved.

I have a notion that if you are going to be spiritually curious, you better not get cluttered up with too many material things.

It is confirmation to me that beyond the material world of cause and effect, there is a dimension of spirit waiting for our recognition. We see such a small piece of all the wonder surrounding us.

Too much and too long, we seem to have surrendered community excellence and community values in the mere accumulation of material things.

The time will come when the Negro in the South will be accorded all the political rights which his ability, character, and material possessions entitle him to.

Our epoch is a time of tragic collision between matter and spirit and of the downfall of the purely material world view.

Stop using sentences in your material world that reflect what it is you do not want to be.