Materialism Quotes

"We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities" "Consumerism tells us that in order to be happy, we must consume" "That man has reached immortality who is disturbed by nothing material" "The sooner we become less impressed with our life, our accomplishments, our career, our relationships, the prospects in front of us—the sooner we become less impressed and more involved with these things—the sooner we get better at them." "No one is so miserable as the poor person who maintains the appearance of wealth." "It is not the man with too little that is poor, but the one who hankers after more." "Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it." "Society today is so focused on materialism that we lose sight of what's truly important." "Hold everything earthly with a loose hand." "The more flesh, the more worms; the more property, the more anxiety; the more wives, the more witchcraft; the more maidservants, the more unchastity; the more slaves, the more robbery" "Mo' money, mo' problems" "It is far easier to achieve your material desires than to renounce them" "Western culture has things a bit backward. We think that if we had every comfort available to us, we'd be happy" "For the greedy, there is no life, for they never are satisfied, only stuck in the perpetual pursuit of more wealth" "Many possessions, if they do not make a man better, are a burden and a torment to him." "Money doesn't make you happy. I now have $50 million but I was just as happy when I had $48 million" "He who covets is a poor man because he wants so many things " "It is not the consciousness of men that determines their being, but their social being that determines their consciousness"