Quotes about Ownership

The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own.

You are a dog in the manger, Cathy, and desire no one to be loved but yourself!

Never say about anything, I have lost it, but only I have given it back.

Protect what belongs to you at all costs; don't desire what belongs to another.

As long as you honour material things, direct your anger at yourself rather than the thief or adulterer.

The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he justly entitled.

A man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.

Lewis Smedes sums up the dangers of superficial forgiveness: "We will not take healing action against unfair pain until we own the pain we want to heal. It is not enough to feel pain. We need to appropriate the pain we feel: Be conscious of it, take it on, and take it as our own … I worry about fast forgivers. They tend to forgive quickly in order to avoid their pain.

You are responsible for allocating your life.

A free man, when he fails, blames nobody.

To gain control of the world of space is certainly one of our tasks. The danger begins when in gaining power in the realm of space we forfeit all aspirations in the realm of time. There is a realm of time where the goal is not to have but to be, not to own but to give, not to control but to share, not to subdue but to be in accord. Life goes wrong when the control of space, the acquisition of things of space, becomes our sole concern.

Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail.