Quotes about Possession

i am convinced that no one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone. that is the true experience of freedom:having the most important thing in the world without owning it.

That the truest experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it.

That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it.

2. Greed, or acquisitive desire.

Did the dead still want things? Or was death simply a letting go of all that is held so tightly in life—an understanding of the temporal and shallow nature of the human matters of possession, greed, desire, justice?

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend.

Jesus says in effect, 'Do you want to know what it feels like to be God? When one of those two-legged humans pays attention to me, it feels like I just reclaimed my most valuable possession, which I had given up for lost.' To God himself, it feels like the discovery of a lifetime.

A belief is not just an idea that you possess; it is an idea that possesses you.

Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.

Expectation ... quickens desire, while possession deadens it.

Whether for present possessions or future prospects, there is no family so well off as "the whole family in heaven and earth." Whether you look at what they have now, or will have hereafter, there is no family like the family of God.

Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible—it cannot be seen or measured— yet is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession ever could.