Things Quotes

I like to walk about amidst the beautiful things that adorn the world; but private wealth I should decline, or any sort of personal possessions, because they would take away my liberty.

wealth possessions

Only a just appreciation of things will enable us to possess them in tranquility, or console ourselves for their loss.

appreciation

The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately to defeat him.

The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.

possessions

Things are in the saddle,
And ride mankind.

possessions

False values begin with the worship of things.

possessions worship

There is a purity to things that I've never been able to find in another human being.