Possessions

The wise man carries his possessions within him.

Bias

Every increased possession loads us with new weariness.

John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)

To have little is to possess.To have plenty is to be perplexed.

Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu

Desire makes everything blossom; possession makes everything wither and fade.

Marcel Proust (1871 - 1922), Les Plaisirs et les Jours (1896)

An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.

Pliny the Younger (62 AD - 114 AD), Letters

It is through creating, not possessing, that life is revealed.

Vida D. Scudder