Joy Quote by George D. Prentice

“Certain material possessions make my life more enjoyable, many others do not…. All too often, a vast collection of possessions end up possessing their…

— Bernardo Kliksberg

It is a curious fact that personal possessions take on fictitious values and exceptional charms when the owner, no matter how generous, is faced…

— Marjorie Hillis

“It’s not how much material things you have hoarded that will make you happy but how satisfied you are with what you have so…

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

Our present culture, however, specializes in inflaming endless lust for possessions with advertisements that constantly convince us that we need more (particularly to create…

— Marva Dawn

“Care for the needy requires the expenditure of wealth: when all share alike, disbursing their possessions among themselves, they each receive a small portion…

— Basil the Great

Infinitely more important than sharing one's material wealth is sharing the wealth of ourselves-our time and energy, our passion and commitment, and, above all,…

— William E. Simon

This avidity alone, of acquiring goods and possessions for ourselves and our nearest friends, is insatiable, perpetual, universal, and directly destructive of society.

— David Hume

“That which we give makes us richer, that which is hoarded is lost”

— Shota Rustaveli

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

— Clement of Alexandria

“The prosperity of the community grows from the flow of relationships, not the accumulation of goods. When the natural world is understood as a…

— Robin Wall Kimmerer

Many of the things that bring delight should not be owned. They are more enjoyed if another's, than if yours; the first day they…

— Baltasar Gracian

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

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca