Quotes about Materialism

When one no longer knows what one owes oneself and others, where the sense for human quality and the strength to respect boundaries cease to exist, chaos is at the door. When for the sake of material comfort one tolerates impudence, one has already surrendered, there the floods of chaos have been permitted to burst the dam at the place where it was to be defended, and one becomes guilty of all that follows.

A billion years or so into eternity, how many toys we accumulated during this life will not seem too terribly important.

Lord, let me find my life in thee, and not in the mire of this world's favour or gain.

The best things in life are free. The second best things are very, very expensive.

Exchange your love of necklaces and of gems and of silk dresses for earnestness in studying the scriptures.

If you want the people to like you, you just need to spend some money.

But even if I never bought any more clothing ever, I said, I wouldn't have enough money to buy the Picassos that I want.

Life is like a game of Monopoly. You may own hotels on Boardwalk or you may be renting on Baltic Avenue. But in the end, it all goes back in the box. The next generation will be getting out all your stuff and playing with it or fighting over it.

Greed is supported by an endless cast of what-ifs. Greedy people can never have enough to satisfy the need they feel in light of every conceivable eventuality.

Many people in the western world are spoiled by the conveniences of our culture.

Riches are not forbidden, but the pride of them is.

Television has been the single greatest shaper of emptiness.