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Equality of possessions is no doubt right, but, as men could not make might obey right, they have made right obey might. — Blaise Pascal

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

Yes, well... I suppose the man who owns nothing is free."
Gunnulf replied, "A man's possessions own him more than he owns them. — Sigrid Undset

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. — Pope Leo XIII

It seemed only right that beauty was the key to the industry, and the sacrificing of beauty to buy possessions seemed only fair to her evolving mind. — Esther Dalseno

Time and love are the most valuable possessions you can share. — Suze Orman

By all means continue destroying my possessions. I daresay I have too many. — J.K. Rowling

A life is well lived when you are content with your condition and gracious for your possessions. — Debasish Mridha

Nobody now fears that a Japanese fleet could deal an unexpected blow on our Pacific possessions. Radio makes surprise impossible. — Josephus Daniels

The only thing you can take with you when you die is what you are. Character counts more than possessions. — Orrin Woodward

My father was fond of saying 'If you own too many possessions sooner or later they start owning you. — Claire Fuller

Was it a millionaire who said, "Imagine no possessions"? — Elvis Costello

Voluntary simplicity has more to do with the state of mind than a person's physical surroundings and possessions. — Duane Elgin

Having enough money has to go hand in hand with living in a way that you're not being a slave to your possessions. — Patton Oswalt

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. — Ian McEwan

The use of our possessions shows us up for what we actually are. — Charles Caldwell Ryrie

So the desire for good possessions is not wrong, but it must not rule your heart. — Paul David Tripp

I don't like Paradise,
As they probably don't have obsessions there. — Alda Merini

Greatness is not found in possessions, power, position, or prestige. It is discovered in goodness, humility, service, and character. — William Arthur Ward

Of all our possessions, wisdom alone is imortal. — Isocrates

Far greater than all the material possessions that I possess is my Freedom to choose, my Freedom to Live,and my Freedom to be Happy.-RVM — R.v.m.

They [the United States] violate our land and occupy it and steal the Muslims' possessions, and when faced by resistance they call it terrorism. — Osama Bin Laden

I don't have many possessions, apart from my books. — Gary Shteyngart

He who seeks possessions for himself will never find them-until he begins to give of the abundance of possessions which he already has. — Walter Russell

No longer possessed by possessions, we may become open enough to become possessed by God. — David Adam

A true friend is the most precious of all possessions and the one we take the least thought about acquiring. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

In a country where possessions counted for everything, we had no belongings except our stories. — Viet Thanh Nguyen

We should travel light and live simply. Our enemy is not possessions but excess. — John Stott

Simplicity is the only thing that sufficiently reorients our lives so that possessions can be genuinely enjoyed without destroying us. — Richard J. Foster

I felt I was owned by possessions. — Nicolas Berggruen

Understand that happiness is not based on possessions, power, or prestige, but on relationships with people you love and respect. — H. Jackson Brown Jr.

Don't accumulate possessions; accumulate experiences! — Mark Batterson

Those who possess nothing and yet enjoy everything have no fear of losing anything. — Debasish Mridha

Our greatest illusion is reliance upon the security and permanence of material possessions. We must search for some other coin. — John Cudahy

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. — Akiva Ben Joseph

When I think of Italy now, I think of accessories, possessions, bad TV, fake boobs, BMWs. — Valeria Golino

I do not want to be admired. I want to give, to be given, and solitude in which to unfold my possessions. — Virginia Woolf

The freest among you are often those with the fewest possessions. — Donald J. Amodeo

Possessions, for the terminally frightened, bring peace of mind. — Cynthia Heimel

You can own an elephant or a bank or power thereof but if there's no personal breast bliss all you own is a lot of dead atoms and ideas. — Allen Ginsberg

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. — Julia Gillard

If there is a void in your life then you will never fill it with cash! — Stephen Richards

Naked we came upon earth, and naked we go forth, and of all our possessions, we can carry nothing with us. — J.C. Ryle

He who enjoys a good neighbor, said the Greeks, has a precious possession. Same goes for neighbour's wife. — Nicolas Bentley

Our possessions are wholly in our performances. He owns nothing to whom the world owes nothing. — William Gilmore Simms

The less I have, the less I can lose. — Dean Koontz

Value of life depends not on your possessions, but on your donation. — Debasish Mridha

We are made loveless by our possessions. — Elizabeth Of Hungary

You will never truly realize God is all you need until He becomes all you have. — Mother Teresa

Prostitutes are the inevitable product of a society that places ultimate importance on money, possessions, and competition. — Jane Fonda

...both wealth and concord decline as possessions become pursued and honored. And virtue perishes with them as well. — Plato

Fine Things are reservoirs for the heart. — Fennel Hudson

The more flesh, the more worms; the more possessions, the more worry. — Hillel The Elder

The most valuable of all human possessions, next to a superior and disdainful air, is the reputation of being well-to-do. — H.L. Mencken

What does a man possess if not for the memories left behind after he has departed? — Benjamin M. Strozykowski

We celebrate our intelligence, possessions, looks, talent, and achievements. Heaven celebrates how we used all of it. — LeCrae

Being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions. — John Locke

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

Minimalism is the intentional promotion of the things we most value and the removal of anything that distracts us from it. — Joshua Becker

Our possessions are dictating our free time. Sundays used to be for relaxing and eating, and now they're spent cleaning the garage. --pg55 — Cristin Frank

Always valuable, your attention has now also become one of your most insecure assets and most-sought-after possessions. — Edward M. Hallowell

The highest fulfillment of religion requires a giving up of all possessions. — Mahatma Gandhi

Success is not money, cars, fame or material possessions but the lives you touched positively. — Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

Italy was offering her the most priceless of all possessions - her own soul. — E. M. Forster

When I travel, I have almost all of my possessions with me. That's how little I own. — Lady Gaga

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. — Breanna Sampson

WONDER IS ONE OF THOSE "POSSESSIONS" THAT NEEDS DISCIPLINED GUARDING AND THOUGHTFUL GUIDING. — Ravi Zacharias

God doesn't want all of us to relinquish all of our material possessions. — Echo Bodine

Our daughters are the most precious of our treasures, the dearest possessions of our homes and the objects of our most watchful love. — Margaret Elizabeth Sangster

All our pleasures and possessions are consigned to oblivion, but the legacy we leave for Christ will endure forever. — David Jeremiah

Moments, rather than possessions, are the true treasures of life. — Frank Sonnenberg

Sorrows cannot all be explained away in a life truly lived, grief and loss accumulate like possessions. — Stefan Kanfer

If you aren't happy for what you already have then what makes you think you will be happy with more. — Maddy Malhotra

We are not our bodies, our possessions, or our careers. Who we are is DIVINE LOVE and that is INFINITE. — Wayne Dyer

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. — Sage Steadman

Abundance is not defined by possessions, but it is defined by inner perceptions. — Debasish Mridha

There are three approaches we can take toward our possessions: face them now, face them sometime, or avoid them until the day we die. — Marie Kondo

Treasure your relationships, not your possessions. — Anthony J. D'Angelo

Beauty and desire to possess have driven men mad for centuries. — Hannah Rothschild

Health, contentment, and trust are your greatest possessions. And freedom your greatest joy. — Gautama Buddha

Life is undoubtedly the most valuable and the most precious of all our earthly possessions. — Sunday Adelaja

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. — Chuck Palahniuk

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

After all my possessions had been burned, God gave me the wisdom to return to Jerusalem. — Shmuel Yosef Agnon

The loss of a possession frees us from it. — Marty Rubin

pleasure and more a business. Julian grew visibly excited as he recounted how he sold all his material possessions and headed for India, a land whose — Robin S. Sharma

[W]hat a person considers the minimal necessities depends as much on his character as it depends on his actual possessions. — Erich Fromm

Always be challenged to build your life intentionally for possessions. — Sunday Adelaja

Legacy is more than leaving possessions behind. It's about investing in people with passion and integrity through leadership and love. — Farshad Asl

True love is not in possessions or obsessions; it is in appreciation. — Debasish Mridha

Success may be measured by things (prosperity, property, positions, possessions) but GREATNESS (Leadership) can only be measured by PEOPLE. — Fela Durotoye

Never allow your possessions to possess you. — Matshona Dhliwayo

We can fill our lives with 'stuff,' but as we do we're concurrently filling our lives with the obligation to maintain that 'stuff. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else that prevents us from living freely and nobly. — Bertrand Russell

Mediocrity makes the most of its native possessions. — Blaise Pascal

The world will judge you by your appearance and your possessions but God will always judge you by the contents of your heart. — Janet Autherine

In excess, most endeavors and possessions take on the characteristics of their opposite. — Tim Ferriss

How good something is should never be determined by its cost, designer, origin, or its perceived value by others. — Ashly Lorenzana

Rather than being about money or material possessions as such, poverty is about the inability to participate actively in society. — Peter Townsend

Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism. — Edward Gibbon