Possessions Quotes

495 Possessions quotes by 392 unique authors

In truth, laws are always useful to those with possessions and harmful to those who have nothing; from which it follows that the social state… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
By all means continue destroying my possessions. I daresay I have too many. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Many wealthy people are little more than janitors of their possessions. — Frank Lloyd Wright
If all my possessions were taken from me with one exception, I would choose to keep the power of communication, for by it I would… — Daniel Webster
The truth is, our civilization is not Christian; it is a tragic compound of great ideal and fearful practice, of loving charity and fearful clutching… — Alan Paton
Reject the basic assumptions of civilization, especially the importance of material possessions. — Chuck Palahniuk
Everyone, either from modesty or egotism, hides away the best and most delicate of his soulâ€™s possessions; to gain the esteem of others, we must… — Gustave Flaubert
But what the working-class can do, when once they grow into a solidified organization, is to show the possessing class, through a sudden cessation of… — Voltairine de Cleyre
You have been a very foolish boy, wasting your time dreaming of impossible things when you speak of Mr. Pontellier setting me free! I am… — Kate Chopin
This is not just a simple story of "money can't buy happiness." Or maybe that's just what it is. And if it is, why shouldn't… — Deb Caletti
If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love. — Nhat Hanh
Let me out," Harry said again. "No," Dumbledore repeated. "If you don't - if you keep me in here - if you don't let me-"… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
I don't have much in the way of money or worldly possessions, I'm not beautiful, intelligent or clever, but I'm happy, and I intend to… — Anne Frank
This is the middle of my life, I think of it as a place, like the middle of a river, the middle of a bridge,… — Margaret Atwood
The good Bishop of Assisi expressed a sort of horror at the hard life which the Little Brothers lived at the Portiuncula, without comforts, without… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I believe that anyone can be successful in life, regardless of natural talent or the environment within which we live. This is not based on… — Jimmy Carter
Even the most beautiful scenery is no longer assured of our love after we have lived in it for three months, and some distant coast… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Sure, on a larger scale, it was healthy to have people out there you cared about more than yourself. She knew that. But then there… — Harlan Coben
He saw that no one owned anything really. It's all rented, or borrowed. Our possessions will outlast us, we'll desert them in the end. — Ian Mcewan
The thing about new things is you feel new when you buy them, you feel as though you are somebody different because you own something… — Donald Miller

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