193 Quotes About Possessions

The books and magazines streamed in. He could buy them all, they piled up around him and even while he read, the number of those still to be read disturbed him. … they stood in rows, weighing down his life like a possession which he did not succeed in subordinating to his personality.

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

Once a person has become detached from his possessions, his customary duties, his moments of solitude, where is he? What is he?

One of the most painful realizations in life is to all of a sudden discover that you had possessed things all along that you never knew you had.

It's all right. I'm not upset. After all, they were just things. When you've lost your mother and your father, you can't care so much about things, can you?

If inanimate objects are left to stand in their world, and are not invited out to mingle with our sense of self, they will quietly console and delight us. But to bind possessions up closely with the mind is less than fair to both.

My books were my prized possessions. I had a bookshelf where I put them, and I was so proud of it. I loved my books and kept them in pristine condition. I read them over and over, but I did not bend the pages or the spines. I treasured every single one.

Till luxury becomes a thing of the past, equality will remain a thing of the future.

Thankfulness acknowledges that we can’t own anything, but we can experience everything. And just knowing that makes me thankful.