Materialistic Quotes

“Earn, consume, and enjoy life. Offend no one; don’t get offended. Don’t take sides; don’t take a stand. Don’t interfere; don’t get affected. Just earn, consume, and enjoy life. Mature people are disgusting.”
― Abhaidev, The Gods Are Not Dead

“I was transformed the day
My ego shattered,
And all the superficial, material
Things that mattered
To me before,
Suddenly ceased
To matter.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“In reality most human beings are not, to most human beings, more important than money.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana, The Use and Misuse of Children

“To remain true to his essence, a man must remain intangibly driven and not materialistic.”
― Seun Ayilara

“Cheapest of heart wears priciest of clothes, to cover up the stink of a rotten soul.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sapionova: 200 Limericks for Students

“Where do oligarchs come from?
They come from people's shallowness.
When people stop being shallow,
no oligarch shall get to grow,
to spread their life-crushing tentacles.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Either Right or Human: 300 Limericks of Inclusion

“Service Over Selfies Sonnet

Awake, Arise O Timelords,
Oh makers and breakers of destiny!
Give this world accountability,
And time will give you immortality.
I don't want your shallow folllows,
I do not want your fancy likes.
Reach out as friend to someone in need,
That'll be my life's greatest prize.
Social media stats are no sign of character,
Fan following is no measure of a being.
Service over selfies, that is the motto,
Helping over hogging, that is living.
Life begins with the end of self-obsession,
Life self-obsessed is nothing but excretion.”
― Abhijit Naskar, High Voltage Habib: Gospel of Undoctrination

“Service over selfies, helping over hogging.”
― Abhijit Naskar, High Voltage Habib: Gospel of Undoctrination

“No matter the karats on a person's body, without kindness all karats cause extinction.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amor Apocalypse: Canım Sana İhtiyacım

“Wallets wither, passports expire, but a character of light keeps shining.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amor Apocalypse: Canım Sana İhtiyacım

“The idea of happiness is not to have a lot of materialistic things. These are just an illusion in our minds. Real happiness begins when you start realizing the nature of your soul. If you push your mind to go within, you are more likely to entertain yourself, and the people around you.”
― Shankar Jha

“Trouble of privilege is trouble of lies.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Rowdy Scientist: Handbook of Humanitarian Science

“Lower the animal, fancier the extravagance,
Fancy car, fancy clothes, fancy mansion.
Higher the human, simpler the existence,
Simple life orchestrates mindful ascension.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect

“Lower the animal, fancier the extravagance.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect

“Economy that rewards selfishness, is but a glorified criminal offense.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Either Right or Human: 300 Limericks of Inclusion

“Uncorked materialism is new cannibalism.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets

“Worst of all carnivores are the humans,
There is no end to their appetite.
Animals no longer partake once they are full,
While human greed knows no sane height.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets

“More clothes, more cars, more cash,
Just how much will you consider enough!
Till you put a cork on cocky abundance,
Not felicity but disparity wreaks havoc.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets

“Now the world is materialistic; people follow materially successful people as their ideal. Because of this tendency, Western thoughts and ways of life have influenced our people. Our knowledge is tested on their parameters and discarded like rubbish. People are neglecting our medical knowledge and medicines. We can understand how much loss humankind is suffering from this negligence.”
― Ravi Ranjan Goswami, A New Concern

“Joy of Conscience (The Sonnet)

Conscience brings joy,
Conscience brings relief.
It's a different kind of joy,
sanctified by bouts of grief.

Conscience causes content,
unsurpassed by material excitement.
Only through conscientious moderation,
shall we overcome shallow derangement.

Materials are needed for sustenance,
beyond that point it becomes poison.
Cluttering the mind with toxic waste,
it separates the human from human.

Conscience brings joy,
untainted by shallow glee.
Surrounded by ritual compromise,
conscience alone can set us free.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Abigitano: El Divino Refugiado

“Life and Abundance (The Sonnet)

A person to take refuge in,
a purpose to be driven by,
that's all you need
to lead a good life.

A roof to take shelter under,
couple meals to feed our hunger,
that's all you need
to lead a good life.

Brain at the base of the mind,
Heart at the base of existence,
Character at the base of the shoulder,
that's all you need to lead a good life.

Materialism normalized as abundance
chains freedom, and renders life a cripple.
True abundance instills content not clutter,
Actual needs of life are rather little.”
― Abhijit Naskar, World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets

“Materialism normalized as abundance
chains freedom, and renders life a cripple.
True abundance instills content not clutter,
Actual needs of life are rather little.”
― Abhijit Naskar, World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets

“True abundance instills content not clutter.”
― Abhijit Naskar, World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets

“Thus Sampath was gradually provided with all sorts of comforts and, the more elaborate his living arrangements, the happier he was. He made a lovely picture, seated there amidst the greenery, reclining upon his cot at a slight angle to the world; propped against numerous cushions; tucked up, during chilly evenings, in a glamorous satin quilt covered with leopard-skin spots, chosen by Ammaji in the bazaar. On his head, he sported a tea-cosy-like red woollen hat, also given to him by Ammaji, who had knitted it and raised it to him on a stick.”
― Kiran Desai, Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard

“Hypocrisy 101 (The Sonnet)

What irritates me the most is hypocrisy,
and fancy chimps cannot fathom the irony.
While untouched by the economic disparity,
in their snow castle they talk of equality.

Counting your blessings on a private jet,
doesn't make you grounded.
Setting up charities to get tax cuts,
doesn't make you philanthropist.

Collecting rings like postcard,
doesn't make you the love doctor.
Regurgitating facts like a robot,
doesn't make you any the wiser.

Hypocrites are the lowest form of animal,
Acting without substance is norm of the jungle.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Divine Refugee

“Counting your blessings on a private jet, doesn't make you grounded.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Divine Refugee

“یہ مایوسی کے حالات

ہم خود ہی پے ڈھا رہے ہیں

اِس دولت پرستی کی ذہنیت سے

اپنی روح کو ستا رہے ہیں

خواہِشوں کو قابو میں کر

اُمّید جگائے رکھنا تھا

ہم اُمید کو قید کِیے

خواہِشیں روز جگا رہے ہیں”
― Adeel Ahmed Khan

“If you took away every materialistic Thing I own, I would be where I am right now in less than 3 Months again, because over 95% of my Wealth and Power are intangible.”
― Sino Melo

“In English we say: the best things in life are free. In Naskarian we say: abundance without awareness causes sickness.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat

“Abundance without awareness causes sickness.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat