"Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false"

This quote by Henri Frederic Amiel talks to the threats of materialism. He suggests that when we focus too much on material ownerships, it can lead to a coarsening and petrification of everything around us. This implies that our concentrate on materialism can lead to an absence of gratitude for the finer things in life, and a lack of understanding of the reality. We become so concentrated on the product that we forget the beauty and truth that exists on the planet. We end up being vulgar and our understanding of reality becomes false. This quote acts as a cautioning to us to be mindful of our concentrate on materialism and to keep in mind to appreciate the appeal and reality that exists in the world.