193 Quotes About Possessions

They say possessions own you. Not so. Loved ones own you. You are forever held hostage once you care so much.

The greater the possessions the greater the responsibilities and costs. You have to pay for watchmen to protect your property and you will be anxious over hiring servants to assist you in that task which creates unease.

Every nut the squirrel hoards is another it's afraid to lose.

We humans are like squirrels who spend all summer gathering and hoarding nuts and when winter comes can't remember where they are.

How many useless things one owns just because one has closets to put them in!

There is a wide difference between having poison and being poisoned. All apothecaries have poisons ready for special uses, but they are not consequently poisoned, because the poison is only in their shop, not in themselves; and so you many possess riches without being poisoned by them, so long as they are in your house or purse only, and not in your heart. It is the Christian's privilege to be rich in material things , and poor in attachment to them.

My house, my wife, my child-as if anything belongs to us.

Religion is just another commodity. We don't need it to be happy any more than we need a big house or a big car.

Please make a list of every possession you consider essential to your life.I take a deep breath and pick up my pen.