--- title: "9 Possess Things Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 9 Possess Things quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Possess Things sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48b/stuart-wilde-5226_abundance_the-function-of-abundance-is-not-to-poss_2238440.png" --- > [The function of abundance is not to possess things but to use them and gather experiences.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stuart-wilde/the-function-of-abundance-is-not-to-possess-things-but-to-use-them/) [Stuart Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stuart-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48b/stuart-wilde-5226_abundance_the-function-of-abundance-is-not-to-poss_2238440.png) > [“I possess the three things guaranteed to make life pleasant: wealth, power and a big cock.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-a-mitchell/i-possess-the-three-things-guaranteed-to-make-life-pleasant-wealth/) [K.A. Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-a-mitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e21/k-a-mitchell-20502_life_i-possess-the-three-things-guaranteed-to_2926491.jpg) > [“A man’s deep friendships were the most important thing he could possess. Things can be broken, or lost. All a man can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-hobb/a-man-s-deep-friendships-were-the-most-important-thing-he-could/) [Robin Hobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-hobb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a4/robin-hobb-489_friendship_a-man-s-deep-friendships-were-the-most-i_2112156.jpg) > [“But I want to paint you. That’s how artists come to possess things beyond their means, can you understand that?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lakambini-a-sitoy/but-i-want-to-paint-you-that-s-how-artists-come-to-possess-things/) [Lakambini A. Sitoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lakambini-a-sitoy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d7/lakambini-a-sitoy-46563_art_but-i-want-to-paint-you-that-s-how-artis_1604416.jpg) > [“Though free from all sense of possessing, they yet possess all things. "Theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-w-tozer/though-free-from-all-sense-of-possessing-they-yet-possess-all-things/) [A.W. Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-w-tozer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a6/a-w-tozer-1151_kingdom-of-heaven_though-free-from-all-sense-of-possessing_662567.jpg) > [If you want to possess things—money; if you want to possess yourself—meditation. And if you possess yourself, money loses all meaning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/if-you-want-to-possess-things-money-if-you-want-to-possess-yourself/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d11/rajneesh-54_ifs_if-you-want-to-possess-things-money-if-y_3068325.jpg) > [The territorialism and desire to possess things comes directly from the ego, which strives to own and control things. Your spirit already…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-kingston/the-territorialism-and-desire-to-possess-things-comes-directly-from/) [Karen Kingston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-kingston/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0dc/karen-kingston-34823_clutter_the-territorialism-and-desire-to-possess_2599330.jpg) > [Attachment brings misery, unattachment brings blissfulness. So use things, but don't be used by them. Live life but don't be lived by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/attachment-brings-misery-unattachment-brings-blissfulness-so-use/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbc/rajneesh-54_attachment_attachment-brings-misery-unattachment-br_1802068.jpg) > [I'm not a collector at heart. I'm never tormented by the longing to possess things. I'm quite happy with my pictures. I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-doisneau/i-m-not-a-collector-at-heart-i-m-never-tormented-by-the-longing-to/) [Robert Doisneau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-doisneau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a1/robert-doisneau-20768_life_i-m-not-a-collector-at-heart-i-m-never-t_976654.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/possess-things/#itemlist", "name": "Possess Things Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The function of abundance is not to possess things but to use them and gather experiences.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stuart Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stuart-wilde/the-function-of-abundance-is-not-to-possess-things-but-to-use-them/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48b/stuart-wilde-5226_abundance_the-function-of-abundance-is-not-to-poss_2238440.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48b/stuart-wilde-5226_abundance_the-function-of-abundance-is-not-to-poss_2238440.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48b/stuart-wilde-5226_abundance_the-function-of-abundance-is-not-to-poss_2238440.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The function of abundance is not to possess things but to use them and gather experiences.” — Stuart Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I possess the three things guaranteed to make life pleasant: wealth, power and a big cock.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "K.A. 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