Carole Radziwill Quotes

I don't believe there is any point in holding on to too many things in life.

For 10 years, I gave away my possessions every year and moved on to a new place.

One part of wisdom is knowing what you don't need anymore and letting it go.

I don't like possessions.

Possessing by letting go of things was a secret of ownership unknown to youth.

The Tao teaches us to let go of things. Use the 80/20 rule. If you take all your clothes, you'll find out that you only wear 20 percent of them. Take what you have and don't use and circulate it. Give stuff to people who truly need it. After all, we come into this world with nothing; we leave this world with nothing.

I've learned that you don't need a lot in life. If it can't fit into a suitcase, you don't really need it.

In the second part of life you get rid of stuff you've accumulated.

I don't like to attach myself to material things.

I used to desire many, many things, but now I have just one desire, and that's to get rid of all my other desires.

I like getting rid of things. I really do.

I like to have things around me that I love. However, I'm not a hoarder and get rid of everything I don't need.

If I'm not using something, I tend to sell it and move on, so I'm not too sentimental about hardware synths.

I'm pretty brutal about getting rid of stuff. There wasn't anything where I was like, "Oh, I miss that," because usually it's for a good reason.

Sometimes our thoughts and feelings are our most prized possessions... and then there are times to let go of your possessions and wander.

It's not hard to own something. Or everything. You just have to know that it's yours, and then be willing to let it go.

We truly possess only what we are able to renounce; otherwise, we are simply possessed by our possessions.

He's got to let go of you sometime.

Everything we need is already there. The challenge is letting go of all our stuff in the way.

Throw away holiness and wisdom, and people will be a hundred times happier. Throw away morality and justice, and people will do the right thing. Throw away industry and profit, and there won't be any thieves. If these three aren't enough, just stay at the center of the circle and let all things take their course.

Why grab possessions like thieves, or divide them like socialists when you can ignore them like wise men?

I see what happens when one gets very attached to material things. That's just not what my life is.

With renunciation life begins.

My friends tease me because I don't like clutter. I'm not someone who gets attached to things.