Possessions. The very word is potent – suggestive as it is of ownership both material and erotic. To possess. Possession. Possessed. – Hamish Bowles
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. – Joan Didion
If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow. – The Bible Jesus Christ, Matthew 19:21.
It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly. – Bertrand Russell
We go on multiplying our conveniences only to multiply our cares. We increase our possessions only to the enlargement of our anxieties. – Anna C. Brackett
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
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
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. – Peace Pilgrim
Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions. – The Bible Luke 12:15
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. – Preston Sturges
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. – George Edward Woodberry
I’ve been slightly obsessed with paper and notebooks. Among my most precious possessions is a small light-blue, breviary-sized volume – four-and-a-half inches wide, seven inches tall – made by a company called Denbigh. – Michael Dirda
Liberals feel unworthy of their possessions. Conservatives feel they deserve everything they’ve stolen. – Mort Sahl
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
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? – Melina Mercouri
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. – Mahatma Gandhi
When you look at it that way, you can see how absurd it is that we individualize ourselves with our fences and hoarded possessions. – Morrie Schwartz
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. – Khalil Gibran
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. – Kate Chopin
