Cannot Be Owned

possession

greed

one-liner

novelty

buying

demon

depression

Marie Kondo

stuff

adulting

ADHD

is a state of consciousness so wide apart from pursuit that the two can never be united.

Pursuit and possession are accompanied by states of consciousness so wide apart that they can never be united. Jack London

To get power over is to defile. To possess is to defile. Simone Weil

is generally diminished by possession such that even the most beautiful scenery is no longer assured of our love after we have lived in it for three months, and some distant coast attracts our desire.

Even the most beautiful scenery is no longer assured of our love after we have lived in it for three months, and some distant coast attracts our avarice: possessions are generally diminished by possession. Friedrich Nietzsche

 seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.

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

is often a great danger. Before strongly desiring anything, we should look carefully into the happiness of its present owner.

Before strongly desiring anything, we should look carefully into the happiness of its present owner. Francois de La Rochefoucauld

is always suggestive of a duty, just as every right is always suggestive as a responsibility.

I believe that every right implies a responsibility... every opportunity, an obligation... every possession, a duty.

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