Quotes About Ownership

As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce.

Nadie ha visto nunca a un perro hacer un intercambio justo y deliberado de un hueso por otro con otro perro. Nadie ha visto a un animal que, con gestos y sonidos naturales, indique a otro: esto es mío y esto es tuyo; estoy dispuesto a darte esto a cambio de eso

that a single independent workman has stock sufficient both to purchase the materials of his work, and to maintain himself till it be completed. He is both master and workman, and enjoys the whole produce of his own labour, or the whole value which it adds to the materials upon which it is bestowed. It includes what are usually two distinct r

him to purchase or command. The exchangeable value of every thing must always be precisely equal to the extent of this power which it conveys to its owner.

You might need to walk into happiness, like it's a joint, and once you're inside, you own it.

To be mature is, we're told, to move beyond possessiveness. Jealousy is for babies. The mature person knows that no one owns anyone.

It has provided not only physical but also psychological sanctuary. It has been a guardian of identity. Over the years, its owners have returned from periods away and, on looking around them, remembered who they were.

The challenge facing atheists is how to reverse the process of religious colonization: how to separate ideas and rituals from the religious institutions which have laid claim to them but don't truly own them.

we are collectively unsure of what the point of private wealth really

A bookshelf is as particular to its owner as are his or her clothes; a personality is stamped on a library just as a shoe is shaped by the foot.

Simplicity is not the opposite of wealth. It is the door to the riches you already own

The power you give others belongs to you. Take it back and take yourself where you would go.

A sign in a pottery store in England announced, "Please let us know if you break any item, so we can forgive you.

Si has de luchar para conseguir o conservar algo, es que no te pertenece y estás mejor sin ello.

The English language is nobody's special property. It is the property of the imagination: it is the property of the language itself.

The English language is nobody's special property. It is the property of the imagination: it is the property of the language itself. Derek Walcott

Believe in yourself, blame yourself

It will be very hard. You'll make a million mistakes, and you'll pay for them all, one way or another. But the hard parts will be your parts, they won't be hard parts other people have imposed on you for their own reasons, or maybe for no reason at all. And your ownership of them – your responsibility to and for them – makes all the difference in the world.

[I]t is a sneaking piece of cowardice for Authors to put feigned names to their works, as if like Bastards of their Brain they were afraid to own them.

There is no one but ourselves to blame for our problems: neither God nor any oppressors.

If I am what I own, then I cling to what I have to secure my value in the world. And when you try to take it from me, I feel violated, for my identity is attached to my property.

we cling to 'me' and 'mine' and are wary of what is 'not mine'. We call this love, but it is in fact attachment as they give us identity and meaning.

The gap between 'what is mine' and 'what is not mine' is an artificial construct, not a natural phenomenon that is created and can be destroyed by the human mind. The

In nature, there is no concept of possession or property hence there is no thief, police, or court of law.