It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.
But as an adult working in the fashion industry, I struggle with materialism. And I'm one of the least materialistic people that exist, because material possessions don't mean much to me. They're beautiful, I enjoy them, they can enhance your life to a certain degree, but they're ultimately not important.
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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.
Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
All my possessions for a moment of time.
Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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.
Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken.
We are not the sum of our possessions.
For 10 years, I gave away my possessions every year and moved on to a new place.
If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven.
Strangely enough, they have a mind to till the soil, and the love of possessions is a disease in them.
We go on multiplying our conveniences only to multiply our cares. We increase our possessions only to the enlargement of our anxieties.
I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions.
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