Materialistic Quotes

“If you become a king, you will be excited for a few days. Then you will become used to it. A new normal will set in. There will be exciting days, depressing days and mostly normal days. The net joy and sorrow will be same as you have now. Understand this illusion and enjoy the present moment.”
― Shunya

“Spiritual growth is like physical growth in reverse: First you ask this and that from God like a child. When you grow spiritually, you feel like you are again in the womb... in the womb of the universe. Everything is provided without asking.”
― Shunya

“Ripped Jeans & Twenty Dollar Shirt (The Sonnet)

Ripped jeans and twenty dollar shirt,
That's how we'll change the world.
It is okay if your outside is dirty,
Make sure your heart is without dirt.
Too many people wear suits and boots,
In order to cover up the filth within.
Those who have their character intact,
Care not whether their clothes are shinin'.
The world needs purpose, integrity, honor,
None of which is predicated on clothes.
Those who think clothes make the person,
Will never discover any of the civilized roads.
Heart makes the person, heart makes the world.
A world without dirt comes from a heart without dirt.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Making Britain Civilized: How to Gain Readmission to The Human Race

“Life first, looks later.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Karadeniz Chronicle: The Novel

“Simpler the outfit, wiser the outlook.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Making Britain Civilized: How to Gain Readmission to The Human Race

“You can't have everything. But you may love. And love is everything.”
― Hrishikesh Agnihotri, Enrich The World With Your Presence : HA's Original Quotes, Volume 01

“The soul starves in the excesses of the body.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Every dollar spent on luxury is a dollar of disparity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Giants in Jeans: 100 Sonnets of United Earth

“Sonnet of Education

Competition is for horses,
Education is for the human.
Either education or competition,
You can have only one.
Education ought to build character,
Not to raise snobs hooked on cash.
Love is needed, kindness is needed,
It won't come by raising tribal trash.
Cash-building education is uneducation,
For it only sustains self-absorption.
Character-building education is ascension,
For it paves the way for true civilization.
One can be educated yet a filthy savage.
True sign of education lies in selflessness.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mücadele Muhabbet: Gospel of An Unarmed Soldier

“The world is saltwater. The more you drink, the thirstier you get”
― Atef Ashab Uddin Sahil

“There is a minor difference between materialistic and spiritual desires. A person having spiritual desires is seeking peace. A person materialistic desires is seeking comfort and luxuries to satisfy his ego and lust. Both can get angry if their desires are not met, there are no exceptions. The only difference is that a spiritual person can use his spiritual intelligence to manage his anger, while the person in the materialistic clutches has no choice but to express it.”
― Sukant Ratnakar, Quantraz

“By the time I emerge from them, I have somehow left in the quiet of the woods all that I thought was important when I had entered them. And if the things that I thought to be important become nothing more than litter left in the woods, I might want to begin building my life on the things that will never be left as litter.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Those who focus on attention never attain ascension, those who live for ascension don't have time for attention.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Either Reformist or Terrorist: If You Are Terror I Am Your Grandfather

“Never confuse luxury with necessity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, When Veins Ignite: Either Integration or Degradation

“Character first, cash later.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Gente Mente Adelante: Prejudice Conquered is World Conquered

“Many people are mad at the escapades of billionaires in space, but the fact of the matter is, had they been invited to go with the billionaires themselves, most of them would be thrilled to their bones, for they are not really mad at the billionaires, they are mad because they can't afford such fancy travel.

You see, they are the same people who save up their hard-earned money so they could have a relaxing or thrilling vacation somewhere, even though their version of vacation turns bleak in front of the glorious space vacations of the super-rich.

So to those who pompously ask the question, "should people travel to space for fun", I ask, “should you have a vacation on an island for fun - should you have dinner at a fancy restaurant for fun – when countless souls are suffering from the lack of the very essentials of life?”

It's all about status. A billionaire's idea of vacation is in space, whereas a regular person's idea of a vacation is on some island or in another continent. And if the billionaires are abusing resources for personal enjoyment, so are these regular people.

You have no right to demand moral accountability from billionaires, if you yourself don't mind engaging in your everyday luxuries – for your luxuries may seem dim compared to those of the super-rich, but still the resources you spend on them could feed and clothe at least ten families in developing parts of the world for a year.

The very existence of billionaires is a sign of economic disparities, but they are not the sole cause of those disparities. Every individual engaging in luxury beyond necessity is as much responsible for the economic disparities in society as the super wealthy. So till you learn to distinguish between necessity and luxury and thereafter abolish all trace of luxury from your own life, you are the problem yourself, as much as the greedy capitalists and politicians.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Gente Mente Adelante: Prejudice Conquered is World Conquered

“There is nothing they can take away that will take away from me.”
― Toyin Omofoye

“To the materialistic morons of the world advancement is code for destruction, mechanization and exploitation. We need advancement that not only raises external conditions of life, but also internal ones, and that too, for everybody, not just the elites.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Şehit Sevda Society: Even in Death I Shall Live

“The reverence for businesspeople is pretty much always rooted not in the effects of business on society, but in the love of money.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Neither monasticism nor materialism will do. To move forward we must stand whole and true.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Handcrafted Humanity: 100 Sonnets For A Blunderful World

“If half the population gave up their luxuries, the entire population will be rid of disparities.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mücadele Muhabbet: Gospel of An Unarmed Soldier

“Capitalists don't cause disparities, everyday, ordinary people like you and I do, by falling for their same old pitch of comfort and luxury.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mücadele Muhabbet: Gospel of An Unarmed Soldier

“There is no other cause for the absence of peace, but selfishness, and nothing else can cause peace except selflessness.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mücadele Muhabbet: Gospel of An Unarmed Soldier

“There is God in everybody, you don't see it because the God in you is kept asleep by the selfish strife of a materialistic world.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mücadele Muhabbet: Gospel of An Unarmed Soldier

“Let them be bonkers for money if they want, let them be bonkers for facts if they want, let them be bonkers for dogmas and traditions if they want. As for you, be bonkers for the uplift of those around you, and for that if you have to compromise your intellect at times, then be it - but never - I repeat, never, ever compromise your humanity for anything in the world.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Making Britain Civilized: How to Gain Readmission to The Human Race

“Posh Yet Potty (The Sonnet)

One can be posh on the outside yet potty on the inside.
More often than less both of these go hand in hand.
Pedigree, personality, position, all are deemed important.
Amidst this royal mess of things we forget to be human.
We look at partisan loyalty, we look at intellectual fluency,
And in the process of analysis we end up a freudian chasm.
In order to find whether someone belongs in our camp,
We act less of a human and more of a lifeless algorithm.
It's okay if you don't know how to use spoon and fork.
What matters is, to reach out and feed an empty stomach.
It's okay if you don't know much fancy words and facts.
What matters is, your heart beats beyond the factual muck.
So, shitty or not we look on the outside, let's pay no attention,
Instead let us muster all spirit towards internal ascension.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Making Britain Civilized: How to Gain Readmission to The Human Race

“Life in People (The Sonnet)

A rich egotist came and said,
You 'n I are quite the same you see,
You control people with words,
I control people with money.
I burst out in laughter 'n replied,
I feel sorry for you, o poor mental.
You look for life in the palace,
While I found my life in people.
You keep hoarding luxury,
While I chose a life of simplicity.
You crawl all life fearing death,
I made friends out of death ‘n destiny.
You stay aloof on pedestal patronizing people.
I labor at love’s altar egalitarianizing people.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Dervish Advaitam: Gospel of Sacred Feminines and Holy Fathers

“Light shared is light amplified, light hoarded is light lost.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Gentalist: There's No Social Work, Only Family Work

“Those who are concerned with swag, what do they know about service!”
― Abhijit Naskar, High Voltage Habib: Gospel of Undoctrination

“What is Happiness?

Happiness is a myth. It doesn't exist.

What we call happiness is merely a temporary sensation of excitement that we receive upon the fulfillment of our expectations.

It's not happiness, it's addiction.

And since we have made a society out of this insane pursuit of addiction, our brain is never at a healthy state to actually fathom and more importantly produce true happiness.

And what is true happiness?

Contentment.

You've been working for hours. You haven't had the time to even have some water. Finally you finish your work and drink a glass of water. The sheer feeling of joy that you receive at that moment - that's happiness, that's contentment.

You haven't been near your loved ones for days, for you've been away for work. Finally you get home and take them in your arms - that's happiness, that's contentment.

Now let me tell you what is not happiness, what is in fact an unhealthy addiction which only ruins a person's life both mentally and physically.

You've been using the same smartphone for over a year now. Suddenly the brand announces the release of a new model. And you get all hyped up to buy that model, despite the fact that you don't really need it. That's addiction - that's an illness.

You visit a new place on vacation. But instead of experiencing that place with your heart, you bring your phone out and waste the entire vacation on taking pictures to post on social media.

That's addiction, that's illness. You know why? Because when you get home, you realize, you have plenty of pictures of the vacation on your phone alright, but you have no meaningful memory of that place in your heart.

In usual circumstances, our brain doesn't distinguish between addiction and true joy. It can only do that, when we stop running and start living. Because at the end of the day, joy is not about fulfilling expectations, joy is about learning to live beyond expectations.”
― Abhijit Naskar, High Voltage Habib: Gospel of Undoctrination