Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, an
Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.
Happiness will come from materialism, not from meaning.
Happiness will come from materialism, not from meaning.
The folly of endless consumerism sends us on a wild goose-chase for happine
The folly of endless consumerism sends us on a wild goose-chase for happiness through materialism.
The males (of the Hutchinson family that included both religious dissenter
The males (of the Hutchinson family that included both religious dissenter Anne and immensely wealthy and politically connected Thomas) were merchants who sought salvation through commerce.
Stuff comes and stuff goes and the only thing that matters in the end is wh
Stuff comes and stuff goes and the only thing that matters in the end is who you are inside, what you do and what make it leaves in the world.
The author's projected intellectual climate nearly 500 years in the future
The author's projected intellectual climate nearly 500 years in the future proclaims itself too pragmatic to consider living well as important as material satisfaction. This reminds us, ironically, that choosing NOT to consider life's deeper questions is
Needs multiply as they are met. Woe to the man who would live a disentangle
Needs multiply as they are met. Woe to the man who would live a disentangled life. Be on guard, my soul, of complicating your environment so that you have neither time nor room for growth!
We are born, we suffer, we die. However, love is a possibility for us all a
We are born, we suffer, we die. However, love is a possibility for us all and, for some few, there is also a big house."Daniel could not resist asking, because he really wanted to know. "Need they be mutually exclusive? Can't we have both love and house?"
[The materialist] thinks me a slave because I am not allowed to believe in
[The materialist] thinks me a slave because I am not allowed to believe in determinism. I think [the materialist] a slave because he is not allowed to believe in fairies.
Melancholy in a capitalist, like the appearance of a comet, presages some m
Melancholy in a capitalist, like the appearance of a comet, presages some misfortune to the world.
Dreams shouldn't be about what you can buy--they should be about what mark
Dreams shouldn't be about what you can buy--they should be about what mark you leave in the world.
...if I try to make only enough money for my family' immediate needs, it ma
...if I try to make only enough money for my family' immediate needs, it may violate Scripture. ...Even though earning just enough to meet the needs of my family may seem nonmaterialistic, it's actually selfish when I could earn enough to care for others
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