It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach, but idealism. Men get into trouble by taking their visions and hallucinations too seriously.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I've never been a materialist; I've never been somebody who believes in only what we can see and measure. I continue to be a student of religious philosophy, and I continue to take those ideas very seriously.
Materialism is an identity crisis.
Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.
Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.
We are such materialists that all our metaphors are going to be material.
Spirituality does two things for you. One, you are forced to become more selfless, two, you trust to providence. The opposite of a spiritual man is a materialist. If I was a materialist I would be making lots of money doing endorsements, doing cricket commentary. I have no interest in that.
An attitude to life which seeks fulfillment in the single-minded pursuit of wealth - in short, materialism - does not fit into this world, because it contains within itself no limiting principle, while the environment in which it is placed is strictly limited.
We live in a materialist world, and materialism appeals so strongly to humanity, no matter where.
The chief difficulty which prevents men of science from believing in divine as well as in nature Spirits is their materialism.
Materialism is the only form of distraction from true bliss.