Possessions Quotes

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.

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

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.

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?

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.

I was one of those people who put too much emphasis on work and career and material possessions, and it took its toll on all my relationships, on my physical health, my emotional and mental health.

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

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

Of all our possessions, wisdom alone is imortal.

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.

He greatly valued his possessions, chiefly because they were his, and derived genuine pleasure from contemplating a painting, a statuette, a rare lace curtain - no matter what - after he had bought it and placed it among his household gods.

Liberty: One of Imagination's most precious possessions.

But as an adult working in the fashion industry, I struggle with materialism. And I'm one of the least materialistic people that exist, because material possessions don't mean much to me. They're beautiful, I enjoy them, they can enhance your life to a certain degree, but they're ultimately not important.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.

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

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

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

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

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

The possessions of the rich are stolen property.

Treasure your relationships, not your possessions.

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.

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.