Peace Pilgrim Quotes

I felt I was owned by possessions.

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

We think we own things, but the reality is, our things own us.

I don't collect things for the sake of collecting. I don't really see the point.

Whatever we treasure for ourselves separates us from others; our possessions are our limitations.

I understand the human instinct to want to create a nest and possess things, to show them off, but for me personally, it became less and less interesting.

The more we have the less we own.

A lot of people are obsessed with their possessions, but that's not right. It's OK to own a lot of things as long as you're willing to share them.

Some people's measure of success is how much they can grab hold of and hold on to.

Earthly goods are given to be used, not to be collected.... Hoarding is idolatry.

Possession hinders enjoyment. It merely gives you the right to keep things for or from others, and thus you gain more enemies than friends.

Possessions are usually diminished by possession.

Anything you think you "must have" usually comes to own you.

Private property has made us so stupid and one-sided that an object is only ours when we have it

We heap up around us things that we do not need as the crow makes piles of glittering pebbles.

People like to own things.

I don't get that much enjoyment out of saying 'I own it.'

Nothing retains less of desire in art, in science, than this will to industry, booty, possession.

It all depends on whether you have things, or they have you.

Most men have always wanted as much as they could get; and possession has always blunted the fine edge of their altruism.

As human beings, we're very materialistic and have all this stuff - furs and cars and diamonds and money.

A child's appetite for new toys appeal to the desire for ownership and appropriation: the appeal of toys comes to lie not in their use but in their status as possessions.

There is nothing wrong with men possessing riches. The wrong comes when riches possess men.

Though we take from a covetous man all his treasure, he has yet one jewel left; you cannot bereave him of his covetousness.

And I like to keep whatever is mine remaining that way. It's a funny little game to play and it's a slippery slope. I always say to myself I'm never going to give anything away because there's never any point or benefit for me.