possessions

Link	Quote	Tags	Author
4d39439	What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?	environment environmental-protection materialism possessions	Henry David Thoreau
0ec2362	Wealth is not an absolute. It is relative to desire. Every time we yearn for something we cannot afford, we grow poorer, whatever our resources. And every time we feel satisfied with what we have, we can be counted as rich, however little we may actually possess.	longing possessions poverty satisfaction wealth	Alain de Botton
bb119d4	"The known is finite, the unknown infinite; intellectually we stand on an islet in the midst of an illimitable ocean of inexplicability. Our business in every generation is to reclaim a little more land, to add something to the extent and the solidity of our possessions. And even a cursory glance at the history of the biological sciences during the last quarter of a century is sufficient to justify the assertion, that the most potent instrument for the extension of the realm of natural knowledge which has come into men's hands, since the publication of	biology business charles-darwin darwin goal history illimitable inexplicability infinite intellectual isaac-newton justification knowledge metaphor newton ocean origin-of-species possessions principia science solidity unknown	Thomas Henry Huxley
e4d787d	If niggers were supposed to have their freedom, they wouldn't be in chains. If the red man was supposed to keep hold of his land, it'd still be his. If the white man wasn't destined to take this new world, he wouldn't own it now. Here was the true Great Spirit, the divine thread connecting all human endeavor--if you can keep it, it is yours. Your property, slave or continent. The American imperative.	america native-americans ownership possessions race-relations slavery united-states united-states-of-america us usa white-people	Colson Whitehead
348f379	Those that much covet are with gain so fond, For what they have not, that which they possess They scatter and unloose it from their bond, And so, by hoping more, they have but less; Or, gaining more, the profit of excess Is but to surfeit, and such griefs sustain, That they prove bankrupt in this poor-rich gain.	entitlement excess gain greed insatiability possessions	William Shakespeare
c869e44	We are tempted to believe that certain achievements and possessions will give us enduring satisfaction. We are invited to imagine ourselves scaling the steep cliff face of happiness in order to reach a wide, high plateau on which we will live out the rest of our lives; we are not reminded that soon after gaining the summit, we will be called down again into fresh lowlands of anxiety and desire.	anxiety desire happiness materialism possessions self-knowledge status	Alain de Botton
0996b42	"Technologies of easy travel "give us wings; they annihilate the toil and dust of pilgrimage; they spiritualize travel! Transition being so facile, what can be any man's inducement to tarry in one spot? Why, therefore, should he build a more cumbrous habitation than can readily be carried off with him? Why should he make himself a prisoner for life in brick, and stone, and old worm-eaten timber, when he may just as easily dwell, in one sense, nowhere,--in a better sense, wherever the fit and beautiful shall offer him a home?"	possessions technology travel	Nathaniel Hawthorne
f588df6	To have so little, and it of so little value, was to be quaintly free.	materialism possessions	Wallace Stegner
0f154d2	We buy things. We wear them or put them on our walls, or sit on them, but anyone who wants to can take them away from us. Or break them. ... Long after he's dead, someone else will own those stupid little boxes, and then someone after him, just as someone owned them before he did. But no one ever thinks of that: objects survive us and go on living. It's stupid to believe we own them. And it's sinful for them to be so important.	death materialism ownership possessions	Donna Leon
b20838b	"The meaning of life in western secular society is to be successful. So many people are success mad and they are encouraged to reach for something and have so called "worthwhile goals". Money, fame, power, good looks, possessions are the indicators of success and the media and advertising companies exploit this. People are conditioned to believe that they can only feel happy or good about themselves if they have these things. This of course is not true."	companies conditioned conditioning deceit fame goals good happiness indicators is lies life looks meaning media money of possessions power secular society success successful truth western what	Tim Crawshaw
86af453	Once a person has become detached from his possessions, his customary duties, his moments of solitude, where is he? What is he?	duties possessions solitude	Patricia Highsmith
130fcdf	My dear, you never will understand time, will you? You're always trying to be the things you were, instead of the person you are tonight. Why do you save those ticket stubs and theater programs? They'll only hurt you later. Throw them away, my dear.	possessions the-past	Ray Bradbury
4f7e9f7	Giving up everything must mean giving over everything to kingdom purposes, surrendering everything to further the one central cause, loosening our grip on everything. For some of us, this may mean ridding ourselves of most of our possessions. But for all of us it should mean dedicating everything we retain to further the kingdom. (For true disciples, however, it cannot mean hoarding or using kingdom assets self-indulgently.)	discipleship giving grip hoarding kingdom possessions purpose selfish sharing surrender	Randy Alcorn
beba1c7	Whoever has the better stuff wins. Sound familiar, American lackeys of late-stage capitalism?	capitalism possessions	Colson Whitehead
5677f8a	What we have, we all must lose--that applied to everything, even to that which we thought we had the greatest right. We were tenants of this earth--nothing more.	earth possessions	Alexander McCall Smith
84f5790	When we are sad...it can be comforting to cling to familiar objects, to things that don't change.	comforting grief loss possessions	Donna Tartt
ed4d997	There is a powerful relationship between our true spiritual condition and our attitude and actions concerning money and possessions.	materialism money possessions	Randy Alcorn

What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?

environment environmental-protection materialism possessions

Henry David Thoreau

0ec2362

Wealth is not an absolute. It is relative to desire. Every time we yearn for something we cannot afford, we grow poorer, whatever our resources. And every time we feel satisfied with what we have, we can be counted as rich, however little we may actually possess.

longing possessions poverty satisfaction wealth

Alain de Botton

bb119d4

"The known is finite, the unknown infinite; intellectually we stand on an islet in the midst of an illimitable ocean of inexplicability. Our business in every generation is to reclaim a little more land, to add something to the extent and the solidity of our possessions. And even a cursory glance at the history of the biological sciences during the last quarter of a century is sufficient to justify the assertion, that the most potent instrument for the extension of the realm of natural knowledge which has come into men's hands, since the publication of

biology business charles-darwin darwin goal history illimitable inexplicability infinite intellectual isaac-newton justification knowledge metaphor newton ocean origin-of-species possessions principia science solidity unknown

Thomas Henry Huxley

e4d787d

If niggers were supposed to have their freedom, they wouldn't be in chains. If the red man was supposed to keep hold of his land, it'd still be his. If the white man wasn't destined to take this new world, he wouldn't own it now. Here was the true Great Spirit, the divine thread connecting all human endeavor--if you can keep it, it is yours. Your property, slave or continent. The American imperative.

america native-americans ownership possessions race-relations slavery united-states united-states-of-america us usa white-people

Colson Whitehead

348f379

Those that much covet are with gain so fond, For what they have not, that which they possess They scatter and unloose it from their bond, And so, by hoping more, they have but less; Or, gaining more, the profit of excess Is but to surfeit, and such griefs sustain, That they prove bankrupt in this poor-rich gain.

entitlement excess gain greed insatiability possessions

William Shakespeare

c869e44

We are tempted to believe that certain achievements and possessions will give us enduring satisfaction. We are invited to imagine ourselves scaling the steep cliff face of happiness in order to reach a wide, high plateau on which we will live out the rest of our lives; we are not reminded that soon after gaining the summit, we will be called down again into fresh lowlands of anxiety and desire.

anxiety desire happiness materialism possessions self-knowledge status

Alain de Botton

0996b42

"Technologies of easy travel "give us wings; they annihilate the toil and dust of pilgrimage; they spiritualize travel! Transition being so facile, what can be any man's inducement to tarry in one spot? Why, therefore, should he build a more cumbrous habitation than can readily be carried off with him? Why should he make himself a prisoner for life in brick, and stone, and old worm-eaten timber, when he may just as easily dwell, in one sense, nowhere,--in a better sense, wherever the fit and beautiful shall offer him a home?"

possessions technology travel

Nathaniel Hawthorne

f588df6

To have so little, and it of so little value, was to be quaintly free.

materialism possessions

Wallace Stegner

0f154d2

We buy things. We wear them or put them on our walls, or sit on them, but anyone who wants to can take them away from us. Or break them. ... Long after he's dead, someone else will own those stupid little boxes, and then someone after him, just as someone owned them before he did. But no one ever thinks of that: objects survive us and go on living. It's stupid to believe we own them. And it's sinful for them to be so important.

death materialism ownership possessions

Donna Leon

b20838b

"The meaning of life in western secular society is to be successful. So many people are success mad and they are encouraged to reach for something and have so called "worthwhile goals". Money, fame, power, good looks, possessions are the indicators of success and the media and advertising companies exploit this. People are conditioned to believe that they can only feel happy or good about themselves if they have these things. This of course is not true."

companies conditioned conditioning deceit fame goals good happiness indicators is lies life looks meaning media money of possessions power secular society success successful truth western what

Tim Crawshaw

86af453

Once a person has become detached from his possessions, his customary duties, his moments of solitude, where is he? What is he?

duties possessions solitude

Patricia Highsmith

130fcdf

My dear, you never will understand time, will you? You're always trying to be the things you were, instead of the person you are tonight. Why do you save those ticket stubs and theater programs? They'll only hurt you later. Throw them away, my dear.

possessions the-past

Ray Bradbury

4f7e9f7

Giving up everything must mean giving over everything to kingdom purposes, surrendering everything to further the one central cause, loosening our grip on everything. For some of us, this may mean ridding ourselves of most of our possessions. But for all of us it should mean dedicating everything we retain to further the kingdom. (For true disciples, however, it cannot mean hoarding or using kingdom assets self-indulgently.)

discipleship giving grip hoarding kingdom possessions purpose selfish sharing surrender

Randy Alcorn

beba1c7

Whoever has the better stuff wins. Sound familiar, American lackeys of late-stage capitalism?

capitalism possessions

Colson Whitehead

5677f8a

What we have, we all must lose--that applied to everything, even to that which we thought we had the greatest right. We were tenants of this earth--nothing more.

earth possessions

Alexander McCall Smith

84f5790

When we are sad...it can be comforting to cling to familiar objects, to things that don't change.

comforting grief loss possessions

Donna Tartt

ed4d997

There is a powerful relationship between our true spiritual condition and our attitude and actions concerning money and possessions.

materialism money possessions

Randy Alcorn