“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
“The most vital issue of the age is whether the future progress of humanity is to be governed by the modern economic and materialistic mind of the West or by a nobler pragmatism guided, uplifted and enlightened by spiritual culture and knowledge.” MindAgeSpiritualHumanityCultureIssuesProgressEconomicModernWestEnlightenedMaterialisticPragmatismFuture Progress Book:Ideal And Progress Source: Ideal And Progress
“Miami is nothing like me, and thats why I need to be here - its the opposite. Im practical, where this place is moody, Im stolid in my interior, where this place has a certain flair, and Im materialistic in a sense that this place is fundamentally spiritual - theres a quicksilver quality about this place.” NeedsSpiritualCertainQualityOppositesPracticalsLike MeInteriorsMaterialisticMiamiMoodyFlair Author:Iggy Pop
“The ability to handle stress increases with the practice of meditation. In a culture like ours in which inner, spiritual growth is totally neglected in favor of materialistic pursuits, we might have something to learn from the Hare Krishna devotees' meditational practices.” MightSpiritualCultureGrowthAbilityPracticeMeditationIncreaseStressFavorsPursuitHandleSpiritual GrowthNeglectedKrishnaMaterialisticHaresDevoteeHare Krishna Author:Daniel Goleman
“The truth is that the materialistic paternalism of the present day, if allowed to go on unchecked, will rapidly make of America one huge "Main Street," where spiritual adventure will be discouraged and democracy will be regarded as consisting in the reduction of all mankind to the proportions of the narrowest and least gifted of the citizens. God grant that there may come a reaction, and that the great principles of Anglo-Saxon liberty may be rediscovered before it is too late!” IfsMayAmericaSpiritualLibertyPrinciplesDemocracyStreetsMankindAdventureHugeGoes OnCitizensTruth IsLateReactionsProportionToo LateGrantsGiftedDiscouragedReductionMaterialisticPresent DayMain StreetAnglo SaxonPaternalism Author:John Gresham Machen