Quotes About Possessions

Gold,silver,gems, fine raiment , a marble palace, well-cultivated fields, paintings, a splendidly caparisoned horse such things as these give one nothing more than a mute and superficial pleasure. Books delight us through and through, they converse with us, they give us good advice; they become living and lively companions to us .

Imagine six apartments It isn't hard to do. One is full of fur coats The other's full of shoes.

Americans become unhappy and vicious because their preoccupation with amassing possessions obliterates their loneliness. This is why production in America seems to be on such an endless upward spiral: every time we buy something we deepen our emotional deprivation and hence our need to buy something.

When I visited Vietnam for Oxfam, the thing that really struck me was how the local farmers had to prepare to evacuate or climb to their mezzanines with their valuable family possessions.

First and foremost, the monk should own nothing in this world, but he should have as his possessions solitude of the body, modesty of bearing, a modulated tone of voice, and a well-ordered manner of speech. He should be without anxiety as to his food and drink, and should eat in silence.

You work with people who are obsessive about shopping, obsessive about owning things and buying things, like this purchase is going to make them happy. And you want to say to them, 'You know, no amount of real estate is gonna fill that void.'

It seems like a lot of people seek their peace in things. And most of us are not even satisfied with the things we have... we always want more.

I ain't got nothing. I've got this watch, and these shoes, and that's about it.

available in the Republic had been paltry, a telephone, a flat with some air and light, the all-important permission to travel, but perhaps no paltrier than having x number of followers on Twitter, a much-liked Facebook profile, and the occasional four-minute spot on CNBC.

She said, Do you have more things that you need, or more that you don't need? I said, It depends on what it means to need.

The whole good cannot be had, it would seem, without mustering all the strength of our inner life. Even in the sphere of external possessions there are goods which inherently demand, if they are to be truly ours, far more of us than mere acquisition. 'My garden,' the rich man said; his gardener smiled.

Don't you think that when we envy other people their qualities, their lives, their possessions--we don't mean 'I wish I were you,' but 'I wish I had some of the things you've got in addition to all I've got'?

What is it to be rich toward God? To understand this, imagine for a moment everything you call yours in the world as taken from you. Picture yourself abandoned and forgotten of all, in utter isolation alone with your own heart. And then ask yourself: What have I now? What do I now possess?

With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the parade of riches, which in their eyes is never so complete as when they appear to possess those decisive marks of opulence which nobody can possess but themselves.

God inhabits our bodies, delighting in every inch of us. Every eccentricity and peculiarity is received. Every longing and self-destructive habit is known. God knows us through and through and still wants to make his home inside of us. The fact that the Holy Spirit wants to abide in us is one way we know how infinitely precious and beloved we are. We are God's own prized possessions. Prized possessions are something you take care of.

If life is tough, at least you got that thing you can pawn.

I lose pens a lot, so I don't use fancy ones.

If you have things and if you are a perfectionist, which I am, you have to really tend to them, and it takes energy away from other things.

I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions.

I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent than the extent of my power or possessions.

Allah looks not at your figures, nor at your possessions but he looks at your hearts and deeds

All my possessions for a moment of time.

Men are not rich or poor according to what they possess but to what they desire. The only rich man is he that with content enjoys a competence.

Jewels can be replaced, cousin. Independence, once lost, cannot.