"We are too involved in materialistic things, and they don't satisfy us. The loving relationships we have, the universe around us, we take these things for granted."

-- Mitch Albom

#Materialistic Quotes #Granted Quotes #Materialistic Things Quotes

“By some chance, here they are, all on this earth; and who shall ever tell the sorrow of being on this earth, lying, on quilts, on the grass in a summer evening, among the sounds of the night. May God bless my people, my uncle, my aunt, my mother, my good father, oh, remember them kindly in their time of trouble; and in the hour of their taking away.”
“About the only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure.”

Source : Tommy Lasorda, David Fisher (1986). “The Artful Dodger”, Avon Books
“Folks never understand the folks they hate.”

Source : James Russell Lowell (2016). “Delphi Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell (Illustrated)”, p.523, Delphi Classics
“If you'd put it in a Powerpoint deck don't put it in your ad”
“I was 23, and he was 86. I saw a very sick man. I just wanted to just talk with him. There was no physical attraction at all. He was very much attracted to me.”
“No country should deny people their rights because of who they love, which is why we must stand up for the rights of gays and lesbians everywhere.”
“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. No man has learned anything rightly, until he knows that every day is Doomsday.”
“What is evil? Killing is evil, lying is evil, slandering is evil, abuse is evil, gossip is evil, envy is evil, hatred is evil, to cling to false doctrine is evil; all these things are evil. And what is the root of evil? Desire is the root of evil, illusion is the root of evil.”

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