Possession Quotes

The knowledge which we have acquired ought not to resemble a great shop without order, and without an inventory; we ought to know what we possess, and be able to make it serve us in need.

In the twilight of life, God will not judge us on our earthly possessions and human success, but rather on how much we have loved.

In fact, the tendency for one purchase to lead to another one has a name: the Diderot Effect. The Diderot Effect states that obtaining a new possession often creates a spiral of consumption

Don’t let your heart depend on things That ornament life in a fleeting way! He who possesses, let him learn to lose, He who is fortunate, let him learn pain.

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

The great majority of men, especially in France, both desire and possess a fashionable woman, much in the way one might own a fine horse – as a luxury befitting a young man.

Money, property and possessions are matter. Happiness, contentment, love are energies. Both are like two gardens of our life and both need to be nurtured regularly.

The idea of the future, pregnant with an infinity of possibilities, is thus more fruitful than the future itself, and this is why we find more charm in hope than in possession, in dreams than in reality.

Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.

The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.