Every American wants MORE MORE of the world and why not, you only live once. But the mistake made in America is persons accumulate more more dead matter, machinery, possessions
Allen GinsbergTag: world feelings possessions americans rugs
You can own an elephant or a bank or power thereof but if there's no personal breast bliss all you own is a lot of dead atoms and ideas.
Allen GinsbergTag: possessions bliss ownership
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.
Alain de BottonTag: wealth poverty satisfaction desire possessions longing
The world is already yours - why try to conquer it?
Rasheed OgunlaruTag: wisdom politics consciousness happiness acceptance power peace contentment suffering control appreciation life-lessons greed mindfulness need possessions conquer abundance worldliness controlling rasheed-ogunlaru-quotes
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.
Alain de BottonTag: happiness self-knowledge achievements materialism desire possessions status anxiety
Real value come from nature and human resources, both of which we already possess.
Bryant McGillTag: possessions god-s-grace value-of-life
Like in the animal kingdom, where every creature has its defenses and weapons, humans also possess powerful instruments for camouflage, defense and attack.
Bryant McGillTag: possessions defense humanity-and-society
Our possessions are not ours- God has given them to us to cultivate, that we may make them fruitful and profitable in His Service, and so doing we shall please Him.
Francis de SalesTag: god poverty charity possessions
It is foolish to hold tightly to material possessions. We do not own them, but they can own us.
Dillon BurroughsTag: possessions
When someone says "I Love You," it is imperative that you know if you are loved for "WHAT you are" or "WHO you are."
When the academic qualifications, professionals, positions, possessions, good look, fat bank accounts and all that has been acquired over the years are taken away, all that is left is "Who you are" - Your Personality (character, values, perceptions.)
"We are never truly loved, until we are loved for WHO and not WHAT we are
Tag: love values character personality possessions perceptions positions i-love-you who-we-are olaotan-fawehinmi good-look what-we-are
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