Quotes About Possessions

The richness of the world, all artificial pleasures, have the taste of sickness and give off a smell of death in the face of certain spiritual possessions.

It is a strange thing ,that every child is born with a closed hand , and every body dies with an open hand !

Poor Dad. I suspect he was a lonely man. He did not mean to crush my delight in my little book of magic windows and he certainly prepared me for LIFE – which is a spark of delight buried under routines disciplines possessions plans and compromises which are meant to protect it, help it grow, make it useful to other people, and which eventually smother and kill it.

Le cose più preziose della vita non sono quelle che si comprano con il danaro

He had allowed the advertisers to multiply his wants; he had learned to equate happiness with possessions, and prosperity with money to spend in a shop.

He took an unassuming pleasure in his possessions, and the likely prospect of becoming truly wealthy left him completely indifferent. He was, besides, one of those men who like to witness their own life, considering any ambition to live it inappropriate. It should be noted that these men observe their fate the way most men are accustomed to observe a rainy day.

They're smart enough to know the one thing a person values most in the house, and they may purposefully decide to smash

But who doesn't have a lot of unread books? It's nice, though, to know they are there.

We brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.

If everything I possessed, vanished, suddenly, I'd be sorry. But I value things unpossessed. The wind, and trees, and sky and kind thoughts, much more.

She believed that owning a lots of things made you a better person. She didn't know - possibly didn't want to know - that happiness comes from the inside.

Utility is when you have one telephone, luxury is when you have two, opulence is when you have three - and paradise is when you have none.

We all crave latitude in life, yet simultaneously dig ourselves deeper into domestic entrapment. We may dream of traveling light but accumulate as much as we can to keep us burdened and rooted to one spot.

So when Adam found the beehive-knocking-down stick, he was wealthier than he was before. When a man purchases an app for ninety-nine cents, he is wealthier than he was before. Tools are technology, and technology is a form of wealth.

People overestimate the pleasure they'll get from having more stuff. This does not apply to new rose bushes, crayons, or yarn stashes.

Materialism is an identity crisis.

It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.

In the never-ending battle between order and chaos, clutter sides with chaos every time. Anything that you possess that does not add to your life or your happiness eventually becomes a burden.

Life is not a possession to be defended, but a gift to be shared.

We lose many things simply out of our fear of losing them.

I've never had a yard sale, ever, in my life. I don't know if I ever thought about stuff I would get rid of.

Our chief comforts often produce our greatest anxieties, and the increase in our possessions is but an inlet to new disquietudes.

A clean basement, garage and attic are signs of an empty life.

Poor people have big TV. Rich people have big library.