We have created a manic world nauseous with the pursuit of material wealth. Many also bear their cross of imagined deprivation, while their fellow human beings remain paralyzed by real poverty. We drown in the thick sweetness of our sensual excess, and our shameless opulence, while our discontent souls suffocate in the arid wasteland of spiritual deprivation.
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He who dies with the most toys...dies a child.
Materialistic things cannot make you truly happy; it__ your faith in God that can bring real satisfaction. And ofcourse, the love you give and receive will fill your life with cheer as well as laughter.
Prosperity cannot be experienced by living detached from Nature. Everything else is only a gradation of materialistic, earthly ambitions. We came from the stars and there lies the path to our substantive evolution.
Sometimes we can't see the relevance of Jesus Christ until we become dissatisfied with the world and realise that there must be more to life than working 9 to 5, buying and accumulating expensive 'things'and being attractive to members of the opposite sex.
I was transformed the dayMy ego shattered,And all the superficial, materialThings that matteredTo me before,Suddenly ceasedTo matter.
Don't become so materialistic and mechanized that one day you stop believing in God's created nature and the natural beauty,Enjoy god gifted natural beauty to the fullest as you have only one LIFE!!!
All the wealth in the world is nothing, pointless - of no true value - if you yourself feel worthless.
Don't pray for materialstic things. Pray for internal peace what God wills for you.
Whether you buy a new TV, or car, (etc.) or any other __aterial_ thing is often __mmaterial_ to God.
Instead of loving people and using money, people often love money and use people.
The second most dangerous thing about money is that it leaves most of the people who have a lot of it with the unshakable belief that they are intelligent and well informed. The most dangerous thing about it is that it leaves most of the people who do not have a lot of money with the very same belief.
Getting through life without a lot of money, possessions, and/or friends is admirable, especially if it is by choice.
Let's try living our lives by not letting our minds be ruled by materialistic elements.
An expensive coffin does not decrease the deceased__ chances of going to hell.
The death of a billionaire is worth more to the media than the lives of a billion poor people.
When selecting a one-night stand, a heterosexual woman who is materialistic is a trillion times more likely to choose a sexually unattractive poor man who seems rich over a sexually attractive rich man who seems poor.
In reality most human beings are not, to most human beings, more important than money.