Quotes About Possessions

No longer possessed by possessions, we may become open enough to become possessed by God.

Diamond Skinner had had no material possessions to his name and yet had been the happiest creature Lou had ever met. He and God would no doubt get along famously.

if the issue were presented to the British as a naked trading away of British possessions for sake of the fifty destroyers it would certainly encounter vehement opposition.

I, Suethes, on the other hand, consider that there are no nobler and more brilliant possessions that a man, and particularly a man who holds power, can have than honour and fair dealing and generosity. A man who has these is rich in the possession of many friends and rich in the fact that many others want to become friends of his.

The magic of sex is itís acquisition without the burden of possessions. No matter how many women you take home, thereís no storage problem.

The things you own end up owning you. It's only after you lose everything that you're free to do anything.

The things you used to own, now they own you.

There are those who have. And there are those who have not. It's very simple: the girl had not. Hadn't what? Simply this: she had not. If you get my meaning that's fine. If you don't, it's still fine.

There are things in the world that cannot be brought about. There are mistakes that cannot be repaired. But there is one thing sure -- that loyalty and friendship are the most precious possessions a man can have.

The more flesh, the more worms. The more possessions, the more worry.

Some people have stuffed animals," Aaron said with a shrug. "Other people have knives.

No mortal could vie with Zeus, for his mansions and his possessions are deathless.

That was the irony: Her mother loved things so much that she had nothing. Erika

Thing about boats is, you can always sell them if you don't like them. Can't sell kids.

Confucius said, "When young, beware of fighting; when strong, beware of sex; and when old, beware of possession," which simply means that a boy loves fighting, a young man loves women, and an old man loves money.

Without a physical presence on the shelves, the Kindle books seemed slightly insubstantial. There was no equivalent of the satisfying cracked spine. There was nothing to bequeath to the next generation, nothing to sell on to live a new life in someone else's library. But at least the torrent of books that kept arriving had slowed down and there was space to walk up the stairs. I was being freed from the burden of all those bloody books.

The imperial imagination enabled European nations to imagine the possibility that new worlds, new wealth and new possessions existed that could be discovered and controlled.

Children are the brightest treasures we bring forth into this world, but too large a percentage of the population continues to treat them as inconveniences and nuisances, when they're not treating them as possessions or toys.

Hoarding remained a synonym beloved of bureaucrats for retaining your own assets.

This was Miami, after all. People come home every day to find their TVs gone, their jewelry and electronics all taken away; their space violated, their possessions rifled, and their dog pregnant.

He always appreciated expensive things, as if consuming them would make him valuable.

My house will only be a shell for my body. I don't want anyone to breathe my air with me, to disturb my dust.

people who strongly value the pursuit of wealth and possessions report lower psychological well-being than those who are less concerned with such aims.

a pound or two of short dips; a crown, set with diamonds and rubies each as big as a duck's egg; a cradle — empty, an affecting sight; carpets, kettles, and pots; a stretcher; a chariot; a bunch of carrots; a costermonger's barrow; banners; a leg of mutton, and a baby. Everything, in short, that could possibly be wanted, either in a palace or a garret, a farmyard or a battle-field.