The pursuit of material-external things as if they can provide deep and lasting happiness is contributing to a dwindling of real meaning and is a factor contributing to an increase in mental health problems. It...

When you only define yourself with your money and material things, you would most likely attract some gold diggers. You would think that you are getting into a meaningful relationship with her, but to her,...

Don’t complicate your life by surrounding yourself with people who see life as a competition about who has the most material possessions.

A very disappointing outcome is always destined to happen to anyone who chases material things in search of happiness.

Some friends would persuade you to buy a lot of expensive materialistic things, but wouldn’t dare to give you a single dime if you were to find yourself in a financial crisis. So be very...

You can’t substitute material things for love or for gentleness or for tenderness or for a sense of comradeship. Money is not a substitute for tenderness, and power is not a substitute for tenderness.

The territorialism and desire to possess things comes directly from the ego, which strives to own and control things. Your spirit already knows you own nothing. It is a matter of realizing that your happiness...

Don’t envy what people have, emulate what they did to have it.