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Love is more important than material possessions. -- Thomas F. Wilson
Abundance consists not alone in material possession, but in an uncovetous spirit. -- John Selden
Reject the basic assumptions of civilization, especially the importance of material possessions. -- Chuck Palahniuk
God doesn't want all of us to relinquish all of our material possessions. -- Echo Bodine
The gospel assures you that your value is not dependent on your looks or material possessions. -- Elaine L. Jack
In the West many Christians have an abundance of material possessions, yet they live in a backslidden state. -- Brother Yun
Inordinate desire for material possessions can become an obsession that consumes our thoughts, drains our resources, and leads to unhappiness. -- Joseph B. Wirthlin
Men are not great or small because of their material possessions. They are great or small because of what they are. -- James Cash Penney
Power is not a material possession that can be given, it is the ability to act. Power must be taken, it is never given. -- William Powell
Not just personal unhappiness but all strife in life, including war, is the result of an over-emphasis on temporary things; money, power and material possession -- Robert S. Jepson, Jr.
Let the moment come when nothing is left but life, and you will find that you do not hesitate over the fate of material possessions. -- Eddie Rickenbacker
Remember, the security and happiness you are seeking is not in your material possessions, your degrees, or relationships. It is much closer than you think. -- Mabel Katz
Man should not consider his material possession his own, but as common to all, so as to share them without hesitation when others are in need. -- Thomas Aquinas
The time will come when the Negro in the South will be accorded all the political rights which his ability, character, and material possessions entitle him to. -- Booker T. Washington
In sports teams, apart from talk of sporting prowess and the imparting of inspirational thought, an extraordinary amount of time is spent discussing, and flaunting, material possessions. -- Harsha Bhogle
If you want something hard enough, whether it be a material possession or just something in your life, if you work hard enough there is absolutely no reason why you can't obtain it. -- Charles Trippy
I was one of those people who put too much emphasis on work and career and material possessions, and it took its toll on all my relationships, on my physical health, my emotional and mental health. -- Tony Shalhoub
Every year I collect a select amount of material possessions (baseball cards, coins, famous paraphernalia) to pass on to my children. In two or more generations they should have a small fortune of 'ancient' famous items. -- Akutra-Ramses Atenosis Cea
The real danger from advertising is that it helps to shatter and ultimately destroy our most precious non-material possessions: the confidence in the existence of meaningful purposes of human activity and respect for the integrity of man. -- Paul Sweezy
When you're faced with a choice, remember this: Everything else will pass away. Your family. Your friends. Your material possessions. Your beauty. Your youth. Your life. And there is only one thing that remains. Ask yourself: Which are you chasing? -- Yasmin Mogahed
Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible - it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could. -- Barbara de Angelis
I would like people to live in the present with eternity in mind. If there is, in fact, going to be rapture one day, in which we leave everything behind, shouldn't that loosen our grip on our material possessions right now? -- Robert Jeffress
To the world I may seem very poor, walking penniless and wearing or carrying in my pockets my only material possessions, but I am really very rich in blessings which no amount of money could buy - health and happiness and inner peace. -- Peace Pilgrim
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Conditions have changed, but we are still operating financially by the rules established during the Industrial Revolution-rules based on creating more material possessions. But our high standard of living has not led to a high quality of life-for us or for the planet. -- Joseph R. Dominguez
Barack and I were both raised by families who didn't have much in the way of money or material possessions but who had given us something far more valuable - their unconditional love, their unflinching sacrifice, and the chance to go places they had never imagined for themselves. -- Michelle Obama
But as an adult working in the fashion industry, I struggle with materialism. And I'm one of the least materialistic people that exist, because material possessions don't mean much to me. They're beautiful, I enjoy them, they can enhance your life to a certain degree, but they're ultimately not important. -- Tom Ford
The thing that I've always been slightly frustrated with, was that the idea of a CD is kind of confined to a material possession that you can put on a shelf. And the idea of music, for me, is always about both the communication and the sharing of content. And so the interactive part is missing. -- Yo-Yo Ma
Fear arises through identification with form, whether it be a material possession, a physical body, a social role, a self-image, a thought, or an emotion. It arises through unawareness of the formless inner dimension of consciousness or spirit, which is the essence of who you are. You are trapped in object consciousness, unaware of the dimension of inner space which alone is true freedom. -- Eckhart Tolle
Possessions. The very word is potent - suggestive as it is of ownership both material and erotic. To possess. Possession. Possessed. -- Hamish Bowles
Material possessions, winning scores, and great reputations are meaningless in the eyes of the Lord, because He knows what we really are and that is all that matters. -- John Wooden
When I was in college, my parents' house burned down, and took a lot of the possessions I'd grown up with. That's probably one thing that made me realize material stuff is not really that important. -- Rick Riordan
Possession of the pure synthetic specimens of the anthocyanidins and chief anthocyanins enabled my wife and me to devise quick tests for these colouring matters which can be used with the material from a few flower petals. -- Robert Robinson
At the final day, the Savior will not ask about the nature of our callings. He will not inquire about our material possessions or fame. He will ask if we ministered to the sick, gave food and drink to the hungry, visited those in prison, or gave succor to the weak. -- Joseph B. Wirthlin
I am not that attached to material things. And the good thing is I can make choices. I have very few possessions. Luckily, as a man you don't need much... a few papers, a couple of books, and a few shirts, jackets, sweaters. It fits in a little thing, in a paper bag, so it's very easy. -- Nicolas Berggruen

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