Quotes about Materialism
Many wealthy people are little more than janitors of their possessions.
— Frank Lloyd Wright
give me the luxuries of life and I will gladly do without the necessities.
— Frank Lloyd Wright
They do not realize that the most dangerous source of sin is the love of the world with its lusts and pleasures.
— Andrew Murray
Money is human happiness in the abstract; he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete devotes himself utterly to money.
— Arthur Schopenhauer
15And he said to them, Take heed, and beware of all covetousness; for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.
— Scott Hahn
It beareth the name of Vanity Fair, because the town where 'tis kept is lighter than vanity.
— John Bunyan
The man that takes up religion for the world will throw away religion for the world.
— John Bunyan
That the covetous wants that which he has, as well as that which he has not; because he is master of nothing, and is the slave of his own wealth.
— John Calvin
luxury generally prevails in prosperity, and wastes the blessings of God
— John Calvin
There is no more mistaken path to happiness than worldliness, revelry, high life.
— Arthur Schopenhauer
There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.
— GK Chesterton
Grandpa says we've got everything to make us happy but happiness.
— Ellen Glasgow