Quotes about Possessions

Possessions only provide temporary happiness. Votes: 3

Possessions are usually diminished by possession. Votes: 3

Possessions are a way of turning money into problems. Votes: 3

Possessions, for the terminally frightened, bring peace of mind. Votes: 3

Possessions are not God's blessing and goodness, but the opportunities of service which he entrusts to us. Votes: 3

Possessions of this world have not been for the exclusive use by such or such category of individuals. Votes: 3

Possessions and concessions are not often what they seem, they drag you down and load you down in disguise of security. Votes: 3

Possessions. The very word is potent - suggestive as it is of ownership both material and erotic. To possess. Possession. Possessed. Votes: 3

Possessions and positions may promote our happiness but cannot create it. Happiness is a state created by self through the realization of how the self is important to the creator. Votes: 3

Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury - to me these have always been contemptible. I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best for both the body and the mind. Votes: 3

The idea of enemies is awful it makes one stop remembering eternity and the fear of death. That is what enemies are. Possessions are the same as enemies only less so, they too make one forget eternity and the fear of death. Votes: 3

Everything can be brought to the extreme. Food is good, overeating is bad. Possessions are good, hoarding is bad. Guilt is good, obsessing about guilt is bad. But I think guilt is good because I'm like, "Hey, I just stabbed that guy and I feel pretty good." Votes: 3

A certain type of man, when he loves for the first time, his love is not really love, it is possession. Possessions don't have rights or feelings; they are something to owned and controlled. He had spent more than a year trying to do just that, and failing. Votes: 3

Treasure your relationships, not your possessions. Votes: 1

All my possessions for a moment of time. Votes: 1

Of all possessions a friend is the most precious. Votes: 1

Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken. Votes: 1

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants. Votes: 1

Liberals feel unworthy of their possessions. Conservatives feel they deserve everything they've stolen. Votes: 1

Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul. Votes: 1

Why grab possessions like thieves, or divide them like socialists when you can ignore them like wise men? Votes: 1

Strangely enough, they have a mind to till the soil, and the love of possessions is a disease in them. Votes: 1

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs. Votes: 1

All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions. Votes: 1

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. Votes: 1

If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Votes: 1

Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions. Votes: 1

The richness of the world, all artificial pleasures, have the taste of sickness and give off a smell of death in the face of certain spiritual possessions. Votes: 1

Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this materialistic age a great many of us are possessed by our possessions. Votes: 1

Material possessions, winning scores, and great reputations are meaningless in the eyes of the Lord, because He knows what we really are and that is all that matters. Votes: 1

Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served. But all other pleasures and possessions pale into nothingness before service which is rendered in a spirit of joy. Votes: 1

Physical comforts cannot subdue mental suffering, and if we look closely, we can see that those who have many possessions are not necessarily happy. In fact, being wealthy often brings even more anxiety. Votes: 1

Unnecessary possessions are unnecessary burdens. If you have them, you have to take care of them! There is great freedom in simplicity of living. It is those who have enough but not too much who are the happiest. Votes: 1

These wars appear also to have given its death blow to colonialism and to imperialism in its colonial form, under which weaker peoples were treated as possessions to be economically exploited. At least we hope that such colonialism is on the way out. Votes: 1

To attain inner peace you must actually give your life, not just your possessions. When you at last give your life - bringing into alignment your beliefs and the way you live then, and only then, can you begin to find inner peace. Votes: 1

The known is finite, the unknown infinite; intellectually we stand on an islet in the midst of an illimitable ocean of inexplicability. Our business in every generation is to reclaim a little more land, to add something to the extent and the solidity of our possessions. Votes: 1

What has history said of eminence without honor, wealth without wisdom, power and possessions without principle? The answer is reiterated in the overthrow of the mightiest empires of ancient times. Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome! The four successive, universal powers of the past. What and where are they? Votes: 1

I am not that attached to material things. And the good thing is I can make choices. I have very few possessions. Luckily, as a man you don't need much... a few papers, a couple of books, and a few shirts, jackets, sweaters. It fits in a little thing, in a paper bag, so it's very easy. Votes: 1

Happiness, true happiness, is an inner quality. It is a state of mind. If your mind is at peace, you are happy. If your mind is at peace, but you have nothing else, you can be happy. If you have everything the world can give - pleasure, possessions, power - but lack peace of mind, you can never be happy. Votes: 1

Unnecessary possessions are unnecessary burdens. Votes: 0

Don't accumulate possessions; accumulate experiences! Votes: 0

Love is more important than material possessions. Votes: 0

Liberty: One of Imagination's most precious possessions. Votes: 0

Without possessions, success, fame; who are you? Votes: 0

We are made loveless by our possessions. Votes: 0

The world of books, the greatest possessions. Votes: 0

I felt I was owned by possessions. Votes: 0

Mediocrity makes the most of its native possessions. Votes: 0

We are not the sum of our possessions. Votes: 0

Consider your possessions loaned to you by God. Votes: 0

The possessions of the rich are stolen property Votes: 0

Imagine no possessions; I wonder if you can. Votes: 0

Hope is the most universal of human possessions. Votes: 0

Of all our possessions, wisdom alone is imortal. Votes: 0

The possessions of the rich are stolen property. Votes: 0

I don't have many possessions, apart from my books. Votes: 0

Liberty is one of the imagination's most precious possessions. Votes: 0

Was it a millionaire who said, "Imagine no possessions"? Votes: 0

Culture and possessions, there is the bourgeoisie for you. Votes: 0

We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. Votes: 0

Our possessions can be deadly. They can be subtly deadly. Votes: 0

Give yourself to a great cause, not only your possessions. Votes: 0

The most precious of all possessions is power over ourselves. Votes: 0

The black and merciless things that are behind the great possessions. Votes: 0

One of the very best of all earthly possessions is self-possession. Votes: 0

Great possessions and great want of them are both strong temptations. Votes: 0

Many wealthy people are little more than janitors of their possessions. Votes: 0

We cannot fill up our emptiness with objects, possessions or people. Votes: 0

I don't think people today need to derive security from possessions. Votes: 0

The disciple is rich not in possessions, but in personal identity. Votes: 0

Good character is property. It is the noblest of all possessions. Votes: 0

Time and love are the most valuable possessions you can share. Votes: 0

You do not need many possessions to have a happy life. Votes: 0

Our children are the only possessions we can take to heaven. Votes: 0

Too often, a vast collection of possessions ends up possessing its owner. Votes: 0

Value of life depends not on your possessions, but on your donation. Votes: 0

Reject the basic assumptions of civilization, especially the importance of material possessions. Votes: 0

Our possessions don't own us any more, because we don't possess them. Votes: 0

The more flesh, the more worms; the more possessions, the more worry. Votes: 0

The highest fulfillment of religion requires a giving up of all possessions. Votes: 0

In excess, most endeavors and possessions take on the characteristics of their opposite. Votes: 0

The possessions themselves were not the problem, it was my relationship with possessing. Votes: 0

Health, contentment, and trust are your greatest possessions. And freedom your greatest joy. Votes: 0

The use of our possessions shows us up for what we actually are. Votes: 0

By all means continue destroying my possessions. I daresay I have too many. Votes: 0

God doesn't want all of us to relinquish all of our material possessions. Votes: 0

All the possessions in the world cannot fill an empty heart with love. Votes: 0

All our possessions are as nothing compared to health, strength, and a clear conscience. Votes: 0

Can a woman not walk with her possessions down the street of a city? Votes: 0

Italy offers one the most priceless of all one's possessions - one's own soul. Votes: 0

The trite objects of human efforts-possessions, superficial success, luxury-have always seemed contemptible to me. Votes: 0

We should travel light and live simply. Our enemy is not possessions but excess. Votes: 0

Our wisdom lies as much at the mercy of fortune as our possessions do. Votes: 0

My most cherished possessions are my grandma's letters and my vintage Martha Washington cookbook. Votes: 0

Whatever we treasure for ourselves separates us from others; our possessions are our limitations. Votes: 0

Life is undoubtedly the most valuable and the most precious of all our earthly possessions. Votes: 0

It's time we permanently repeal the tax on possessions that people leave to their children. Votes: 0

No longer possessed by possessions, we may become open enough to become possessed by God. Votes: 0

Time is at once the most valuable and the most perishable of all our possessions. Votes: 0

On every dishonest man, there are two watchmen, his possessions, and his way of living. Votes: 0

Some possessions are like old friends, and you never want to abandon an old friend. Votes: 0

It is not the possessions but the desires of mankind which require to be equalized. Votes: 0

O! what a prodigal have I been of that most valuable of all possessions Time! Votes: 0

When we put people before possessions in our hearts, we are sowing seeds of enduring satisfaction. Votes: 0

The gospel assures you that your value is not dependent on your looks or material possessions. Votes: 0

The wealth that increases by giving, That wealth is knowledge and is supreme of all possessions. Votes: 0

In our rich consumers' civilization we spin cocoons around ourselves and get possessed by our possessions. Votes: 0

Our possessions are wholly in our performances. He owns nothing to whom the world owes nothing. Votes: 0

Sadly, when a person's possessions distract him from his purpose, he usually ends up losing both. Votes: 0

Maybe we didn't have many possessions, but we never went hungry, were cold, or lacked love. Votes: 0

An abundance mentality springs from internal security, not from external rankings, comparisons, opinions, possessions, or associations. Votes: 0

Blessed be the ones that are free that have detached from possessions that can possess Thee. Votes: 0

You are not defined by your possessions, looks, or popularity. You are made in God's image. Votes: 0

One of the permanent possessions of the human heart is the memory of its noble enthusiasms. Votes: 0

When I think of Italy now, I think of accessories, possessions, bad TV, fake boobs, BMWs. Votes: 0

After all my possessions had been burned, God gave me the wisdom to return to Jerusalem. Votes: 0

It is easier to renounce worldly possessions than it is to renounce the love of them Votes: 0

Prostitutes are the inevitable product of a society that places ultimate importance on money, possessions, and competition. Votes: 0

Men find happiness neither by means of the body nor through possessions, but through uprightness and wisdom. Votes: 0

Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism. Votes: 0

It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly. Votes: 0

Express your admiration for the traits, possessions or accomplishments of your customer. Little things mean a lot. Votes: 0

We celebrate our intelligence, possessions, looks, talent, and achievements. Heaven celebrates how we used all of it. Votes: 0

If we are guided to give up our possessions, it will be a positive thing for us. Votes: 0

And when statesman or others worry [the scientist] too much, then he should leave with his possessions. Votes: 0

Education, possessions, or people cannot replace passion, but they are given meaning by your passion in life. Votes: 0

When I travel, I have almost all of my possessions with me. That's how little I own. Votes: 0

Peace is worth more than all worldly possessions; in addition, God rewards it even in this life. Votes: 0

If one's reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me. Votes: 0

A Society in which the people's wants do not exceed their possessions is not a Socialist society. Votes: 0

I try not to be sentimental and obsessive about possessions. I love collecting, but I hate owning. Votes: 0

My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions but in the fewness of my wants. Votes: 0

Sorrows cannot all be explained away in a life truly lived, grief and loss accumulate like possessions. Votes: 0

There may be community of material possessions, but there can never be community of love or esteem. Votes: 0

The feeling of satiety, almost inseparable from large possessions, is a surer cause of misery than ungratified desires. Votes: 0

Complicated lives and heaps of possessions don’t necessarily bring happiness; in fact, they can bring the opposite. Votes: 0

When you live alone, your furnishings, your possessions, are always confronting you with the thinness of your existence. Votes: 0

When you live alone, your furnishings, your possessions, are always confronting you with the thinness of your existence. Votes: 0

Voluntary simplicity has more to do with the state of mind than a person's physical surroundings and possessions. Votes: 0

Some who are too scrupulous to steal your possessions nevertheless see no wrong in tampering with your thoughts. Votes: 0

Happiness is not based on possessions, power or prestige, but on relationships with people you love and respect. Votes: 0

A willingness to share our possessions with one another is a very important aspect of true biblical community. Votes: 0

Health, power, riches, possessions and honor can be snatched from you, but your will is irrevocably your own. Votes: 0

Many Buddhist temple priests regard their parishioners as possessions and fear their departure as a diminishing of assets. Votes: 0

God wants the world to see what God can do with his purchased possessions. So he prunes you. Votes: 0

It is difficult, if not impossible, to define the limit of our reasonable desires in respect of possessions. Votes: 0

In the West many Christians have an abundance of material possessions, yet they live in a backslidden state. Votes: 0

The difference between a good defensive team and a bad defensive team is as little as three possessions Votes: 0

We truly possess only what we are able to renounce; otherwise, we are simply possessed by our possessions. Votes: 0

Breaking up: It's so easy to return their possessions, but so hard to get our brain cells back. Votes: 0

Peace-not passion, not personal possessions, not personal accomplishments nor happiness-is one of the greatest blessings a man can receive. Votes: 0

Become detached from your ego, become detached from your possessions. Become simply detached from every possible source of attachment. Votes: 0

Greatness is not found in possessions, power, position, or prestige. It is discovered in goodness, humility, service, and character. Votes: 0

Material success may result in the accumulation of possessions: but only spiritual success will enable you to enjoy them. Votes: 0

My most treasured possessions are not things; they are only things, my friends, family and animals are what counts. Votes: 0

All our pleasures and possessions are consigned to oblivion, but the legacy we leave for Christ will endure forever. Votes: 0

A true friend is the most precious of all possessions and the one we take the least thought about acquiring. Votes: 0

Take care to guard against all greed, for though one may be rich, one's life does not consist of possessions. Votes: 0

The United States have no possessions in the east and do not desire to have any, as other countries do. Votes: 0

The most valuable of all human possessions, next to a superior and disdainful air, is the reputation of being well-to-do. Votes: 0

Memories are nice little possessions. As long as you don't ignore the present when you take them out to play. Votes: 0

Our greatest illusion is reliance upon the security and permanence of material possessions. We must search for some other coin. Votes: 0

Generosity is a lovely attribute, and we only practice it when relationships are more important to us than our possessions. Votes: 0

Why the obsession with worldly possessions ? When it's your time to go, they have to stay behind, so pack light. Votes: 0

These possessions of a simpleton being the three I choose and cherish: to care, to be fair, to be humble. Votes: 0

Nobody now fears that a Japanese fleet could deal an unexpected blow on our Pacific possessions. Radio makes surprise impossible. Votes: 0

Simplicity is the only thing that sufficiently reorients our lives so that possessions can be genuinely enjoyed without destroying us. Votes: 0

Inordinate desire for material possessions can become an obsession that consumes our thoughts, drains our resources, and leads to unhappiness. Votes: 0

We are not our bodies, our possessions, or our careers. Who we are is DIVINE LOVE and that is INFINITE. Votes: 0

They self-inflict punishment on their own broken lives, put their faith in their possessions, in their jobs, or their wives. Votes: 0

Ours is not a joy born of having many possessions, but of having encountered a person: Jesus in our midst. Votes: 0

Humility, in its turn, can be achieved only through faith, fear of God, gentleness and the shedding of all possessions. Votes: 0

I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions. Votes: 0

Trying to be happy by accumulating possessions is like trying to satisfy hunger by taping sandwiches all over your body Votes: 0

The only thing you can take with you when you die is what you are. Character counts more than possessions. Votes: 0

Naked we came upon earth, and naked we go forth, and of all our possessions, we can carry nothing with us. Votes: 0

Men are not great or small because of their material possessions. They are great or small because of what they are. Votes: 0

Never measure your life by possessions. Measure it by the hearts you've touched, the smiles you created & the love you shared. Votes: 0

If you're prosperous in soul, you'll be prosperous in whole, regardless of how many and how much physical possessions you have Votes: 0

Nobody can fight properly and boldly for the faith if he clings to a fear of being stripped of earthly possessions. Votes: 0

Here you can easily understand the futility of ambitions and achievements, futility of success and failures, futility of wealth and possessions. Votes: 0

Our chief comforts often produce our greatest anxieties, and the increase in our possessions is but an inlet to new disquietudes. Votes: 0

Our desires always increase with our possessions. The knowledge that something remains yet unenjoyed impairs our enjoyment of the good before us. Votes: 0

The possessors of wealth can scarcely be indifferent to processes which, nearly or remotely have been the fertile source of their possessions. Votes: 0

Many invest wisely in business matters, but fail to invest time and interest in their most valued possessions: their spouses and children. Votes: 0

Equality of possessions is no doubt right, but, as men could not make might obey right, they have made right obey might. Votes: 0

We go on multiplying our conveniences only to multiply our cares. We increase our possessions only to the enlargement of our anxieties. Votes: 0

We go on multiplying our conveniences only to multiply our cares. We increase our possessions only to the enlargement of our anxieties. Votes: 0

People who get through life dependent on other people's possessions are always the first to lecture you on how little possessions count. Votes: 0

The possessors of wealth can scarcely be indifferent to processes which, nearly or remotely have been the fertile source of their possessions." Votes: 0

I do not want to be admired. I want to give, to be given, and solitude in which to unfold my possessions. Votes: 0

The eyes have a property in things and territories not named in any title-deeds, and are the owners of our choicest possessions. Votes: 0

People who have few possessions cling tightly to those they have. That is one of the facts that make life so discouraging. Votes: 0

How you spend your time is far more important than all the material possessions you may own or positions you may attain. Votes: 0

It is a shame for a man to be a millionaire in possessions if he is not also a millionaire in beneficence. Votes: 0

We have no money. We have no possessions. Maybe that is why we value the things we do have ... loyalty and friendship. Votes: 0

We had put almost all of our possessions in storage, which was a metaphor for being twenty, as were so many things. Votes: 0

Memory is the most transient of all possessions. And when it goes, it leaves as few traces as stars that have disappeared. Votes: 0

The aim of education is to strengthen and multiply the powers and activities of the mind rather than to increase its possessions. Votes: 0

Our possessions are a trust from God. What we clutch tightly, we lose. What we place in His hands, we will possess. Votes: 0

One day, when I own a house, I'll keep a library full of books. Books are different from other possessions-they're more like friends. Votes: 0

You can give of your talent, you can give of your possessions, or you can give of yourself. For God's sake, give something. Votes: 0

Our daughters are the most precious of our treasures, the dearest possessions of our homes and the objects of our most watchful love. Votes: 0

I grew with it, and I used to go to see the monks, who had no possessions, even more extreme than my mother. Votes: 0

This avidity alone, of acquiring goods and possessions for ourselves and our nearest friends, is insatiable, perpetual, universal, and directly destructive of society. Votes: 0

It's one thing to break stuff and damage people's possessions, but when you start aiming at the ideology of America, that's dangerous comedy. Votes: 0

Make wisdom your provision for the journey from youth to old age, for it is a more certain support than all other possessions. Votes: 0

He who seeks possessions for himself will never find them-until he begins to give of the abundance of possessions which he already has. Votes: 0

Having enough money has to go hand in hand with living in a way that you're not being a slave to your possessions. Votes: 0

Never be ruled by possessions, and never, ever make wealth more important to you than your self-respect and your dignity." - Lady Taylor Votes: 0

Sometimes our thoughts and feelings are our most prized possessions... and then there are times to let go of your possessions and wander. Votes: 0

Our value is not measured in the currency and possessions in our coffers, but rather in the consistency and progression in our character. Votes: 0

Great sins are great possessions; but levities and vanities possess us too; and men had rather part with Christ than with any possession. Votes: 0

It is among the less privileged groups relatively new to leisure and consumption that the zest for possessions retains something of its pristine energy. Votes: 0

They [the United States] violate our land and occupy it and steal the Muslims' possessions, and when faced by resistance they call it terrorism. Votes: 0

The roots of addiction can be seen in our search for happiness in something outside of our self, be it drugs, relationships, material possessions. Votes: 0

Our material possessions, like our joys, are enhanced in value by being shared. Hoarded and unimproved property can only afford satisfaction to a miser. Votes: 0

Merchant: 'So you have lived on the possessions of others?'Saddhartha: 'Apparently. The merchant also lives on the possession of others.'Merchant: 'Well spoken... Votes: 0

To leave a place, you'd best leave everything behind; all your possessions, including memory. Traveling's not as easy as it's made out to be. Votes: 0

To the King, one must give his possessions and his life; but honour is a possession of soul, and the soul is only God's. Votes: 0

His heritage to his children wasn't words or possessions, but an unspoken treasure, the treasure of his example as a man and a father. Votes: 0

There are two ways to be rich - one in the abundance of your possessions and the other in the fewness of your wants. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest; when the body has sunk into the dust the great name still lives. Votes: 0

When you look at it that way, you can see how absurd it is that we individualize ourselves with our fences and hoarded possessions. Votes: 0

If we cannot be contented with our current lives and possessions, then we are feeding an appetite that no amount of money will ever satiate. Votes: 0

We are not these bodies; we're neither our accomplishments nor our possessions—we are all one with the Source of all being, which is God. Votes: 0

Love is manifested not only through the distribution of one's possessions, but even moreso through the spreading of the word of God and helpful deeds. Votes: 0

Let the moment come when nothing is left but life, and you will find that you do not hesitate over the fate of material possessions. Votes: 0

Remember, the security and happiness you are seeking is not in your material possessions, your degrees, or relationships. It is much closer than you think. Votes: 0

The whole idea of the pursuit of goods and possessions has completely corrupted the human experience, along with religion, which I think limits the intellect. Votes: 0

Even the poorest in Israel are looked upon as freemen who have lost their possessions, for they are the sons of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Votes: 0

The liberator who destroys my property is fighting to save my spirit. The teacher who clears all possessions from my path will set me free. Votes: 0

The world makes us look towards ourselves, our possessions, our desires.The Gospel invites us to be open to others, to share with the poor. Votes: 0

In the twilight of life, God will not judge us on our earthly possessions and human success, but rather on how much we have loved. Votes: 0

The mother is the most precious possessions of the nation, so precious that society advances its highest well-being when it protects the functions of the mother. Votes: 0

Watching too much TV can triple our hunger for more possessions, while reducing our personal contentment by about 5 percent for every hour a day we watch. Votes: 0

People can be unreliable and disloyal; possessions can lose their value; jobs that once stimulated you can become boring. But principles remain steady through it all. Votes: 0

Pop artists deal with the lowly trivia of possessions and equipment that the present generation is lugging along with it on its safari into the future. Votes: 0

Truth is the greatest of all national possessions. A state, a people, a system which suppresses the truth or fears to publish it, deserves to collapse. Votes: 0

The attitude of saints toward their possessions most assuredly signifies whether they continue to preserve their self life or whether they have consigned it to death. Votes: 0

Too often, a vast collection of possessions ends up possessing its owner. The asset I most value, aside from health, is interesting, diverse, and long-standing friends. Votes: 0

A nation's poets are its true owners; and by the stroke of the pen they convey the title-deeds of its real possessions to strangers and aliens. Votes: 0

Humanity may endure the loss of everything; all its possessions may be turned away without infringing its true dignity - all but the possibility of improvement. Votes: 0

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 of possessions. Votes: 0

Just a small-scale cult of personality, maybe raise a geodetic dome out in western Massachusetts and make people wear jumpsuits and give all their possessions to me. Votes: 0

Perhaps middle-age is, or should be, a period of shedding shells; the shell of ambition, the shell of material accumulations and possessions, the shell of the ego. Votes: 0

Individualism, the love of enterprise, and the pride in personal freedom, have been deemed by Americans not only as their choicest, but their peculiar and exclusive possessions. Votes: 0

In sports teams, apart from talk of sporting prowess and the imparting of inspirational thought, an extraordinary amount of time is spent discussing, and flaunting, material possessions. Votes: 0

You cannot all abandon your possessions, but at least you can change your attitude about them. All getting separates you from others; all giving unites to others. Votes: 0

Man's pursuit of physical desires and earthly possessions is an indication of his lack of conviction that the purpose of his existence is the attainment of spirituality. Votes: 0

The time will come when the Negro in the South will be accorded all the political rights which his ability, character, and material possessions entitle him to. Votes: 0

Many possessions, if they do not make a man better, are at least expected to make his children happier; and this pathetic hope is behind many exertions. Votes: 0

It is best as one grows older to strip oneself of possessions, to shed oneself downward like a tree, to be almost wholly earth before one dies. Votes: 0

She took comfort in the familiarity of his smell, knowing that if she lost all her possessions and her home, at least she would have her family. Votes: 0

We are not here for the sake of possessions, or of power. Or of happiness, but we are here to transfigure the divine out of human spirit. Votes: 0

The fact that God gave the whole human race the earth to use and enjoy cannot indeed in any manner serve as an objection against private possessions. Votes: 0

A clear stream, a long horizon, a forest wilderness and open sky - these are man's most ancient possessions. In a modern society, they are his most priceless. Votes: 0

I understood . . . that those who desired salvation should act like the trustee who, though having control over great possessions, regards not an iota of them as his own. Votes: 0

Never be too busy for the people you love. Never allow pursuits or possessions to become bigger priorities than your relationships. Love is what gives meaning to life. Votes: 0

The design of those commissioners, frigates and warlike force is directed rather against Long Island and these your Honors' possessions, than to the imagined reform of New England. Votes: 0

At the end of day, what matters most to God, what moves His heart, isn't our fancy words and impressive possessions - it's the condition of our hearts. Votes: 0

I have reached the stage now where luxury is not in fine possessions but in carefree possessions, and the greatest luxury of all would be the completely expendable. Votes: 0

Your timeless self does not age and has no fear of the future. Contemplate your physical self and all its possessions, and practice laughing peacefully at it all. Votes: 0

May Christ the Savior give peace to Nigeria, where more blood is being shed and too many people are unjustly deprived of their possessions, held as hostages or killed. Votes: 0

For peace, with justice and honor, is the fairest and most profitable of possessions, but with disgrace and shameful cowardice, it is the most infamous and harmful of all. Votes: 0

And since when is stealing people's possessions the call of God? you are all hypocrites who have suddenly come into power, and you don't know how to handle it Votes: 0

I draw from my family and my friends and I feel like that small-town person. The achievements, the materialistic possessions have really become to mean less. They mean nothing. Votes: 0

Every Christian is a priest, not offering a sacrifice for sins - since that has been done once and for all - but offering his person, praise and possessions. Votes: 0

There are only two kinds of freedom in the world; the freedom of the rich and powerful, and the freedom of the artist and the monk who renounces possessions. Votes: 0

Each of us will eventually give away all our earthly possessions. How we choose to do so, however, is a reflection of our commitment to the kingdom of God. Votes: 0

People who wander are nicer to be with. Movement militates against hoarding possessions and against bigotry, because you are constantly moving across boundaries and having to negotiate with people. Votes: 0

I go through life accumulating possessions... I've always done it... and then, every once in a while, a sort of tidal wave comes along and washes them all away. Votes: 0

May we look upon our treasure, the furniture of our houses, and our garments, and try to discover whether the seeds of war have nourishment in these our possessions. Votes: 0

I give my soul to God, my body to the earth, and my worldly possessions to my nearest of kin, charging them to remember the sufferings of Jesus Christ. Votes: 0

Among a man's many good possessions, A good command of speech has no equal. Prosperity and ruin issue from the power of the tongue. Therefore, guard yourself against thoughtless speech. Votes: 0

The heart clings to collected treasure. Stored-up possessions get between me and God. Where my treasure is, there is my trust, my security, my comfort, my God. Treasure means idolatry. Votes: 0

The process of facing and selecting our possessions can be quite painful. It forces us to confront our imperfections and inadequacies and the foolish choices we made in the past. Votes: 0

Between married persons, the cement of friendship is by the laws supposed so strong as to abolish all division of possessions: andhas often, in reality, the force ascribed to it. Votes: 0

The history of prevailing status quos shows decay and decadence infecting the opulent materialism of the Haves. The spiritual life of the Haves is a ritualistic justification of their possessions. Votes: 0

Together as a nation, we have the obligation to put sunshine into the hearts of our little ones. They are our precious possessions. They deserve what happiness life can offer. Votes: 0

Contentment is one of the most distinguishing traits of the godly person, because a godly person has his heart focused on God rather than on possessions or position or power. Votes: 0

Earthly possessions dazzle our eyes and delude us into thinking that they can provide security and freedom from anxiety. Yet all the time they are the very source of anxiety. Votes: 0

There are plenty to follow our Lord half-way, but not the other half. They will give up possessions, friends and honors, but it touches them to closely to disown themselves. Votes: 0

We think of our land and water and human resources not as static and sterile possessions but as life giving assets to be directed by wise provisions for future days. Votes: 0

And, of course, it must be asked: is it proper to transact with the Turks for the most reassured of Greek possessions when Greece is under Turkish invasion and subjugation? Votes: 0

One of my prized possessions is still the prefect's tie that I got in this school. I keep it with me. It was the first leadership position I ever had. Votes: 0

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 soon regain all the rest Votes: 0

And, of course, it must be asked: is it proper to transact with the Turks for the most reassured of Greek possessions when Greece is under Turkish invasion and subjugation?" Votes: 0

A man's contentment is in his mind, not in the extent of his possessions. Alexander the Great, with all the world at his feet, cries for another world to conquer. Votes: 0

We only begin to realize the value of our possessions when we commence to do good to others with them. No earthly investment pays so large an interest as charity. Votes: 0

What is at the heart of all national problems? It is that we have seen the hand of material interest sometimes about to close upon our dearest rights and possessions. Votes: 0

India profoundly changed my outlook on life because you see how people can be content and very happy with little or even no possessions. It's the reverse of the West. Votes: 0

In their (women) quest for rights they have naturally placed emphasis on their wrongs rather than their achievements and possessions, and have retold history as a story of their long martyrdom Votes: 0

The whole message of the piece was that possessions are transient. You don't know if you are going to be able to have time with somebody, so you better be careful. Votes: 0

My childhood memories include a time when the government confiscated my family's possessions and exiled us to a camp in the B.C. Interior, just because my grandparents were from Japan. Votes: 0

...death does leave a daunting array of practical tasks: all those possessions that you were forced to leave behind had to be sorted and packed and redistributed in the living world. Votes: 0

It is an injustice that an old, broken, half-dead father should enjoy alone, in a corner of his hearth, possessions that would suffice for the advancement and maintenance of many children. Votes: 0

Don't become a slave to success or failure, family, friends, possessions. If these things come to you in life, enjoy them, but fix your consciousness on that which does not change. Votes: 0

A clean and sensitive conscience, a steady and scrupulous integrity in small things as well as large, is the most valuable of all possessions, to a nation as to an individual. Votes: 0

When one has children one has no privacy. They take it for granted that what is yours is theirs, personal things and the secrets of your heart, as well as possessions. Votes: 0

A child's appetite for new toys appeal to the desire for ownership and appropriation: the appeal of toys comes to lie not in their use but in their status as possessions. Votes: 0

When I visited Vietnam for Oxfam, the thing that really struck me was how the local farmers had to prepare to evacuate or climb to their mezzanines with their valuable family possessions. Votes: 0

During the first suffragist wave in this nation, women were possessions, like a table or a chair. So violence toward them was quite condoned. The attitude has diminished, but it's still there. Votes: 0

All one can really leave one's children is what's inside their heads. Education, in other words, and not earthly possessions, is the ultimate legacy, the only thing that cannot be taken away. Votes: 0

We envy those whose possessions or achievements are a reflection on our own. They are our neighbors and equals. It is they, above all who make plain the nature of our failure. Votes: 0

Americans are uneasy with their possessions, guilty about power, all of which is difficult for Europeans to perceive because they are themselves so truly materialistic, so versed in the uses of power. Votes: 0

The most radical question which anyone can be asked is not how much their possessions cost, but whether they have found something of value - that is, something that makes living worthwhile. Votes: 0

Property-owners are the most energetic flag-waggers and patriots in every country, but only so long as they enjoy their possessions: to safeguard those they desert God, King and Country in a twinkling. Votes: 0

A denial of the reality of demonical possessions on the part of anyone who believes the Gospel narrative to be true and inspired may justly be regarded as simply and plainly inconceivable. Votes: 0

Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free. Votes: 0

Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free. Votes: 0

You can live in the world and have friends, family and possessions. But don't take them all too seriously. Death removes everything. Feel death is every moment, as life is every moment. Votes: 0

I like to walk about among the beautiful things that adorn the world; but private wealth I should decline, or any sort of personal possessions, because they would take away my liberty. Votes: 0

Time is one of our most valuable possessions. Use it wisely. Remind yourselves often that things that matter most should not be left to the mercy of things that matter the least. Votes: 0

We hide in relationships. We hide in material possessions. We hide in ambitions, secret desires, hates, frustrations, jealousy, self-ptiy, in our insecurity - and more than anything our vanity and our egotism. Votes: 0

To me the ego is the habitual and compulsive thought processes that go through everybody's mind continuously. External things like possessions or memories or failures or successes or achievements. Your personal history. Votes: 0

We cannot fill up our emptiness with objects, possessions or people. We have to go deeper into that emptiness, then we will find beneath nothingness the flame of love to warm us. Votes: 0

If no other knowledge deserves to be called useful but that which helps to enlarge our possessions or to raise our station in society, then Mythology has no claim to the appellation. Votes: 0

Your most precious, valued possessions and your greatest powers are invisible and intangible. No one can take them. You, and you alone, can give them. You will receive abundance for your giving. Votes: 0

In particular, it is absurd to hope to banish envy of other people's possessions or fortunes, if only because the spirit of envy can lead to emulation and ambition and have positive consequences. Votes: 0

There is no more destructive force in human affairs -- not greed, not hatred -- than the desire to have been right. Non-attachment to possessions is trivial when compared with non-attachment to opinions. Votes: 0

To practice virtue is to selflessly offer assistance to others, giving without limitation one's time, abilities, and possessions in service, whenever and wherever needed, without prejudice concerning the identity of those in need. Votes: 0

I am a poor mendicant. My earthly possessions consist of six spinning wheels, prison dishes, a can of goat's milk, six homespun loincloths and towels and my reputation, which cannot be worth much. Votes: 0

Remember our words, then, and whatever is your aim let virtue be the condition of the attainment of your aim, and know that without this all possessions and pursuits are dishonourable and evil. Votes: 0

How shocking must thy summons be, O death, to him that is at ease in his possessions! who, counting on long years of pleasure here, is quite unfurnished for the world to come. Votes: 0

The gentleman is a man of truth, lord of his own actions, and expressing that lordship in his behavior, not in any manner dependent and servile either on persons, or opinions, or possessions. Votes: 0

The perfection of wisdom, and the end of true philosophy is to proportion our wants to our possessions, our ambitions to our capacities, we will then be a happy and a virtuous people. Votes: 0

Some men are born to own, and can animate all their possessions. Others cannot: their owning is not graceful; seems to be a compromise of their character: they seem to steal their own dividends. Votes: 0

It is Enterprise which build and improves the world's possessions...If Enterprise is afoot, Wealth accumulates whatever may be happening to Thrift; and if Enterprise is asleep, Wealth decays, whatever Thrift may be doing. Votes: 0

If a child is inclined to be grasping, or to cling to any of his or her little possessions, legends are related about the contempt and disgrace falling upon the ungenerous and mean person.... Votes: 0

Sheep, cattle, men-servants were all possessions to be sold as it pleased their masters. It were a good thing were it still so. For else no man may compel nor tame the servile folk. Votes: 0

I was not from a middle-class family at all. I did not have middle-class possessions and what have you. But I had middle-class parents who gave me what was needed to survive in society. Votes: 0

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 attracts our avarice: possessions are generally diminished by possession. Votes: 0

The more we desire for that which is superfluous, the more we meet with difficulties; our strength and possessions are spent in unnecessary things, and are wanting when required for that which is necessary. Votes: 0

A man's 'original and natural right' to make all contracts that are 'intrinsically obligatory,' and to coerce the fulfillment of them, is one of the most valuable and indispensable of all human possessions. Votes: 0

Happiness doesn't come from making a fortune and owning lots of possessions. 'Stuff' doesn't bring happiness. Family, friends, good health and the satisfaction that comes from making a positive difference are what really matter. Votes: 0

God created the first pair equal in rights, possessions, and authority. He bequeathed the earth to them as a joint inheritance; gave them joint dominion over the irrational creation; but none over each other. Votes: 0

Praise the Lord, O England's Jerusalem: and Netherland's Zion, praise ye the Lord! He hath secured your gates, and blessed your possessions with peace, even here, where the threatened torch of war was lighted. Votes: 0

Good sense alone is a sedate and quiescent quality, which manages its possessions well, but does not increase them; it collects few materials for its own operations, and preserves safety, but never gains supremacy. Votes: 0

You aren't your work, your accomplishments, your possessions, your home, your family... your anything. You're a creation of your Source, dressed in a physical human body intended to experience and enjoy life on Earth. Votes: 0

To acquire possession of Latium was of the most decisive importance to Etruria, which was separated by the Latins alone from the Volscian towns that were dependent on it and from its possessions in Campania. Votes: 0

This is a matter of freedom. If you don't have many possessions then you don't need to work all your life like a slave to sustain them, and therefore you have more time for yourself, Votes: 0

I own records that have the power to make me cry. Records to be by or with - truly precious possessions. It is the ambition of the Midnight Runners to make records of this value... Votes: 0

Academic work is one of those fields which contain a pearl so precious that it is worth while to sell all our possessions, keeping nothing for ourselves, in order to be able to acquire it. Votes: 0

Education in the true sense, of course, is an enablement to serve-both the living human community in its natural household or neighborhood and the precious cultural possessions that the living community inherits or should inherit. Votes: 0