“Yes, of course [this age] is materialistic, but the only way to counteract it is to create spiritual things. Don't worry yourself about the materialism too much. Create and stir other people to create!” PeopleWayAgeSpiritualCoursesCreativityWorryToo MuchMaterialismMaterialistic Author:Robert Frost
“People have had to make up for their spiritual impoverishment by accumulating material things. When spiritual blessings come, material blessings seem unimportant. As long as we desire material things this is all we receive, and we remain spiritually impoverished.” PeopleLongSeemsSpiritualDesireMaterialsBlessingMaterialismUnimportantMaterial ThingsSpiritual Blessings Book:Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words Source: Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words
“I was lucky enough to have had great success early on in life; to have had all the things the material world can offer. And yet, I realized that what I had actually neglected was the more spiritual side of myself, which has always been there. But it's easy for us in our culture to become consumed in a sense by materialism. Now materialism is fine. We live in a material world. I'm not saying that beautiful things don't enhance our lives. But, in our culture, we're never happy.” WorldEnoughBeautifulSpiritualCultureEasySidesOur LivesMaterialsFineOffersLuckyI RealizedMaterialismBeautiful ThingsConsumedNeglectedGreat SuccessMaterial World Author:Tom Ford
“People once considered that religions were obsolete and that material science would solve all human problems. Then they have become disillusioned with materialism and machinery and have realized that spiritual sciences are also indispensable for human welfare.” PeopleHumansProblemSpiritualMaterialsSolveWelfareMaterialismIndispensableMachineryObsoleteDisillusionedHuman Problems Author:Dalai Lama
“Contemporary movies just drive me crazy. The violence and the sentimentality and the spiritual materialism and Theism and the incredible indulgence in ignorance is so claustrophobic.” SpiritualViolenceCrazyIgnoranceIncrediblesContemporaryMaterialismIndulgenceSentimentalityTheismDrive Me Crazy Author:Anne Waldman
“Quite a different thing is, if a seeker, dissatisfied by materialism and doctrines, and longing for spiritual support, will ask advice and information of an adept. In such a case the adept is obliged to supply the seeker with spiritual light and insight, according to his mental powers. Then the magician should spare neither time nor pains to communicate his spiritual treasures and lead the seeker to the light.” IfsShouldDifferentLightPainSpiritualAsksCasesSupportMagicAdviceInformationLongingCommunicateInsightTreasureDoctrineDifferent ThingsMaterialismMysticismSparesMagicianObligedSeekersDissatisfiedAdeptMental PowerSpiritual Light Author:Franz Bardon
“Men are tending to materialism. Houses, lands, and worldly goods attract their attention, and as a mirage lure them on to death. Christianity, on the other hand leads only the natural body to death, and for the spirit, it points out a house not built with hands, eternal in the heavens... Let me urge you to follow Him, not as the Nazarene, the Man of Galilee, the carpenter's son, but as the ever living spiritual person, full of love and compassion, who will stand by you in life and death and eternity.” MenPersonsBodyHandsSpiritualSpiritHouseHeavenNaturalAttentionCompassionChristianityLandHe ManSonEternalBuiltLet MeEternityLife And DeathUrgesMaterialismGoodsWorldlyLureLove And CompassionCarpenterMiragesNazarene Author:James A. Garfield
“Materialism is not fundamentally an economic problem, but a cultural one... a spiritual issue. It runs to the depths of our souls, and, for this reason, needs to be understood less in terms of budgets or fiscal cycles and more in terms of where we locate the sacred, of where we search for meaning and transcendence, and of how we think about justice, equality, and the future of our world.” ThinkingWorldNeedsSoulReasonProblemRunningSpiritualTermJusticeIssuesEconomicUnderstoodSacredDepthBudgetsCyclesMaterialismOur WorldTranscendenceSearch For MeaningEconomic ProblemsJustice Equality Author:Robert Wuthnow