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

“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

“Your desire for unrestrained comfort is the oligarch's superpower. Cut yourself off from luxury, and you'll cut off the oligarchs from their powers.”
― Abhijit Naskar, High Voltage Habib: Gospel of Undoctrination

“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

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

“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

“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

“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