Nature Quote by Desiderius Erasmus

For it falls out That what we have we prize not to the worth Whiles we enjoy it, but being lacked and lost, Why,…

— William Shakespeare

Riches are always over estimated; the enjoyment they give is more in the pursuit than the possession.

— Sarah Josepha Hale

A possession considered of little value up to now suddenly becomes precious to a person if another person desires it, don't you think?

— Christa Wolf

Understand that the only possession of any value is life.

— Andre Gide

The love of possession is a desease with them.

— Sitting Bull

“There is no enjoying the possession of anything valuable unless one has someone to share it with”

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Why not pool your resources? And so we broke into the concept of the sacredness of private property.

— Barbara Castle

Means at our disposal should be regarded as a bulwark against the many evils and misfortunes that can occur. We should not regard such…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

In the time of the sacred sites and the crashing of ecosystems and worlds, it may be worth not making a commodity out of…

— Winona LaDuke

the conspicuous consumption of limited resources has yet to be accepted widely as a spiritual error, or even bad manners

— Barbara Kingsolver

Man's greed to obtain something for nothing has never yet been able to content itself with a moderate profit.

— Will C. Barnes

I'm increasingly on the side of thinkers like David Graeber who are talking back to this notion of totality and emphasizing how there are…

— Ben Lerner