Possessions Quotes

We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values.

— George Carlin

Imagine no possessions; I wonder if you can.

— John Lennon

“One can with but moderate possessions do what one ought.”

— Aristotle

Possessions aren't my raison d'etre.

— Mick Hucknall

Hope is the most universal of human possessions.

— Thales

Consider your possessions loaned to you by God.

— St. Catherine of Siena

Culture and possessions, there is the bourgeoisie for you.

— Thomas Mann

Material possessions cannot satisfy the hunger of the soul.

— Ritu Ghatourey

“Three possessions you should prize: A field, a friend, and a book.”

— Hai guan zong shui wu si shu China Hai guan zong shui wu si shu

I don't have a lot of clothes or a lot of possessions to bog me down.

— Krysten Ritter

Breaking up: It's so easy to return their possessions, but so hard to get our brain cells back.

— Cathy Guisewite

Love is about giving freedom and power, not about gaining control or possession.

— Jeffrey Fry

Strangely enough, they have a mind to till the soil, and the love of possessions is a disease in them.

— Sitting Bull

The black and merciless things that are behind the great possessions.

— Henry James

These possessions of a simpleton being the three I choose and cherish: to care, to be fair, to be humble.

— Laozi

There are different kinds of love, but they all have the same aim: possession

— Fran Lebowitz

The most precious possession that will ever come to you in this world is another person's heart. When it arrives, show only…

— Bakare

A lot of people are obsessed with their possessions, but that's not right. It's OK to own a lot of things as…

— Fabio Lanzoni

A clear stream, a long horizon, a forest wilderness and open sky - these are man's most ancient possessions. In a modern…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

“The more I pursue God, the more I realize that he is inherently different from us. He does not protect his possessions…

— John D. Richardson

This is a matter of freedom. If you don't have many possessions then you don't need to work all your life like…

— Jose Mujica

When I'm cruising around on my bike, I feel completely free, but I share my possessions. My friends can always borrow my…

— Fabio Lanzoni

“This house, my other homes, the cars, planes... they're my possessions, but anyone could own them. My body is the only thing…

— Jeaniene Frost

“There was a period when I believed stuff meant something. I thought that if you had matching side chairs and a sofa…

— Anna Quindlen

“Let’s pass over to the really rich—how often the occasions they look just like the poor! When they travel abroad they must…

— Ryan Holiday

I attended school regularly for three years. I learned to read and write. 'Lamb's Tales' from Shakespeare was my favourite reading matter.…

— Peter Abrahams

There's nothing wrong with possessions; it's just that they have value to us only when we use them, engage them, and enjoy…

— Rob Bell

Right, but you know, what would any of us lose by losing our possessions. Maybe we would gain something, like relationships, like…

— Donald Miller

“It's always best to look ahead and not backwards. Possessions are not important. Think of those beautiful porcelain pieces I had. Before…

— Nien Cheng

“Anxiety creates its own treasures and they in turn beget further care. When we seek for security in possessions we are trying…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

But God lets men have their playthings, like the children they are, that they may learn to distinguish them from true possessions.…

— George MacDonald

We must not cast away riches which can benefit our neighbor. Possessions were made to be possessed; goods are called goods because…

— Clement of Alexandria

“It’s like um… I’ve become used to change I think from my life, when I was younger when I lived with my…

— Matt Bellamy

Technologies of easy travel "give us wings; they annihilate the toil and dust of pilgrimage; they spiritualize travel! Transition being so facile,…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“Tis a funny thing, reflected the Count as he stood ready to abandon his suite. From the earliest age, we must learn…

— Amor Towles

“The best life is the one in which the creative impulses play the largest part and the possessive impulses the smallest. This…

— Bertrand Russell

“Because we lack a divine Center our need for security has led us into an insane attachment to things. We really must…

— Richard J. Foster

“One can be rich by possessing many things, but that will ultimately be to befooling yourself. You come empty-handed into the world, and you…

— Swami Dhyan Giten

That the happiness of man may still remain imperfect, as wants in this place are easily supplied, new wants likewise are easily…

— Samuel Johnson

“I invited Intuition to stay in my house when my roommates went North. I warned her that I am territorial and I…

— J. Ruth Gendler