Materialism Quotes

The be-all and end-all of life should not be to get rich, but to enrich the world.

Nothing makes us more vulnerable than loneliness, except greed.

How pointless life could be, what a foolish business of inventing things to love, just so you could dread losing them.

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.

Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves.

Possessions are usually diminished by possession.

Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed.

Three great forces rule the world: stupidity, fear and greed.

We all need new ideas, images, and experiences far more than we need new stoves or cars or computers.

If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.

It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else that prevents us from living freely and nobly.

Money is a great servant but a bad master.

Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.

The world is burning in the fire of desire, in greed, arrogance and excessive ego.

As there is no worldly gain without some loss so there is no worldly loss without some gain.

There was a time in my life when I thought I had everything – millions of dollars, mansions, cars, nice clothes, beautiful women, and every other materialistic thing you can imagine. Now I struggle for peace.

Materialism is the only form of distraction from true bliss.