Common Quote by Thomas Aquinas

Property should be in a general sense common, but as a general rule private... In well-ordered states, although every man has his own property,…

— Aristotle

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

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

“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

Any material element or resource which, in order to become of use or value to men, requires the application of human knowledge and effort,…

— Ayn Rand

Property should be in a certain sense common, but, as a general rule, private; for, when every one has a distinct interest, men will…

— Aristotle

Everybody has to share something. This is one of the most important laws of the human condition, is the necessity to share. This is…

— Paulo Coelho

Perhaps a sense of possessing needs to come to come before a sense of genuine sharing.

— Anonymous

“Society is more concerned with material possessions than it is with the true love and compassion of another human being.”

— Kurt Vonnegut

Ownership is the most intimate relationship that one can have to objects. Not that they come alive in him; it is he who lives…

— Walter Benjamin

“What is it about possessing things? Why do we feel the need to own what we love? And why do we become such jerks…

— Louis Chunovic

It is not the possessions but the desires of mankind which require to be equalized.

— Aristotle

When you are completely free from boundaries, you don't have to have a huge number of material things. You already own something far more…

— Deepak Chopra