Quotes About Possessions

Possessions dwindle: I mourn their loss. But I mourn the loss of time much more, for anyone can save his purse, but none can win back lost time.

All my possessions for a moment of time.

Pick my left pocket of its silver dime, but spare the right-it holds my golden time!

When every blessed thing you have is made of silver, or of gold, you long for simple pewter.

I don't want to own anything that won't fit into my coffin.

Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own?

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal.

Our greatest illusion is reliance upon the security and permanence of material possessions. We must search for some other coin.

Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them.

It is good to have things that money can buy, but it is also good to check up once in awhile and be sure we have the things money can't buy.

Wealth is not his that has it, but his who enjoys it.

Riches certainly make themselves wings.

He heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

Would you want to rule the world? Eve asked Roarke. Or even the country? Good God, no. Too much work for too little remuneration, and very little time left over to enjoy your kingdom. He glanced over. I much prefer owning as much of the world as humanly possible. But running it? No thanks.

When you are able to share those things that you consider precious to you, their hold over you diminishes. Unshackled by the love of possessions that have no meaning, you are free to search for a happiness based on love and compassion for other people rather than things. Interacting

People seemed to have this unstoppable need to give and receive stuff they could easily afford to go out and get for themselves anyway.

A risk to own anything : a car, a pair of shoes, a packet of cigarettes. Not enough to go around. Not enough shoes, cars, cigarettes. Too many people too few things. What there is must go into circulation, so that everyone can have a chance to be happy for a day.

Possessions weren't the thing. The car your drove and the house you lived in and the clothes you wore...were nothing but vocabulary. They weren't the true communication that mattered, they weren't the connections that were important.

Houses are full of things that gather dust

If you own a rug you own too much.

Cars and cameras are the two things I let myself be materialistic about. I don't care about other stuff.

But as an adult working in the fashion industry, I struggle with materialism. And I'm one of the least materialistic people that exist, because material possessions don't mean much to me. They're beautiful, I enjoy them, they can enhance your life to a certain degree, but they're ultimately not important.

Not just personal unhappiness but all strife in life, including war, is the result of an over-emphasis on temporary things; money, power and material possession

You possess only whatever will not be lost in a ship wreck.