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title: "14 Things Possess Quotes by 14 authors"
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> [The more things you possess the more you are possessed by what you possess which make you slave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/onuh-justus-izuchukwu/the-more-things-you-possess-the-more-you-are-possessed-by-what-you/)

[Onuh Justus Izuchukwu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/onuh-justus-izuchukwu/)

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> [...happiness is not found in things you possess, but in what you have the courage to release...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-hawthorne/happiness-is-not-found-in-things-you-possess-but-in-what-you-have-the/)

[Nathaniel Hawthorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-hawthorne/)

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> [If we fear loss enough, in the end the things we possess will come to possess us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-naomi-remen/if-we-fear-loss-enough-in-the-end-the-things-we-possess-will-come-to/)

[Rachel Naomi Remen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-naomi-remen/)

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> [So many beautiful things, I cannot possess them all!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bailey/so-many-beautiful-things-i-cannot-possess-them-all/)

[Bill Bailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bailey/)

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> [To know how to dispense with things is to possess them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-francois-regnard/to-know-how-to-dispense-with-things-is-to-possess-them/)

[Jean-Francois Regnard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-francois-regnard/)

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> [“It is because people live in the things they possess instead of in their relationship to God that God seems at times…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-livingston-hill/it-is-because-people-live-in-the-things-they-possess-instead-of-in/)

[Grace Livingston Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-livingston-hill/)

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> [Our country may be likened to a new house. We lack many things, but we possess the most precious of all -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-monroe/our-country-may-be-likened-to-a-new-house-we-lack-many-things-but-we/)

[James Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-monroe/)

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> [We are possessed by the things we possess. When I like an object, I always give it to someone. It isn't generosity-it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-sartre/we-are-possessed-by-the-things-we-possess-when-i-like-an-object-i/)

[Jean-Paul Sartre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-sartre/)

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> [Our lives are not defined by the things we possess. Our lives are defined by the things we pursue. Make sure what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/our-lives-are-not-defined-by-the-things-we-possess-our-lives-are/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [All that has gone wont come back , but if you wont still treasure things you possess , they can also go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/senoraroy/all-that-has-gone-wont-come-back-but-if-you-wont-still-treasure/)

[Senoraroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/senoraroy/)

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> [Our danger is to think that happiness will come from outside of us, from the things we possess or the power of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-vanier/our-danger-is-to-think-that-happiness-will-come-from-outside-of-us/)

[Jean Vanier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-vanier/)

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> [“They are owned by the things they possess. It is only by giving, by being charitable, that we can hope to gain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-m-perdue/they-are-owned-by-the-things-they-possess-it-is-only-by-giving-by/)

[Jim M. Perdue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-m-perdue/)

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> [How many precious things do we not already possess which others have not - have hardly an idea of! Let us enjoy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-welsh-carlyle/how-many-precious-things-do-we-not-already-possess-which-others-have/)

[Jane Welsh Carlyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-welsh-carlyle/)

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> [We are … the un-proud non-possessors of objects whose chief substance is that of the transient symbol. Our Puritan fear of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-caplan/we-are-the-un-proud-non-possessors-of-objects-whose-chief-substance/)

[Ralph Caplan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-caplan/)

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