Quotes about Materialism
There are two ways to be rich - one in the abundance of your possessions and the other in the fewness of your wants.
— E Stanley Jones
History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It is stimulating people constantly to want things, want this, want that.
— Malcolm Muggeridge
Don't forget that the most effective form of child abuse is giving a child everything they want.
— Randy Alcorn
Poverty wants much; but avarice, everything.
— Publilius Syrus
It's a law of life: the tyranny of things.
— Randy Alcorn
The modern era has brought up immense conveniences but at what price. The human heart is desperate for something more than a quicker serving of popcorn.
— John Eldredge
The more rich a soul is on the inside, the less need it has of luxuries on the outside.
— Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
Woe to us if we get our satisfaction from the food in the kitchen and the TV in the den and the sex in the bedroom with an occasional tribute to the cement blocks in the basement!
— John Piper
It is remarkable, I have since thought, how once a man has a few coins, no matter how he came by them, he thinks right away that he is entitled to them, and to whatever they can buy, and fancies himself cock of the walk.
— Margaret Atwood
No one ever told you greed and hunger are not the same.
— Margaret Atwood
I've learned to do without a lot of things. If you have a lot of things, said Aunt Lydia, you get too attached to this material world and you forget about spiritual values. You must cultivate poverty of spirit. Blessed are the meek.
— Margaret Atwood
I've learned to do without a lot of things. If you have a lot of things, said Aunt Lydia, you get too attached to this material world and you forget about spiritual values. You must cultivate poverty of spirit. Blessed are the meek. She didn't go on to say anything about inheriting the earth. I
— Margaret Atwood