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Unnecessary possessions are unnecessary burdens. If you have them, you have to take care of them! There is great freedom in simplicity of living. It is those who have enough but not too much who are the happiest.

I don't have many possessions, apart from my books.

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

Once you learn to choose your belongings properly, you will be left with only the amount that fits perfectly in the space you own.

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

Having enough money has to go hand in hand with living in a way that you're not being a slave to your possessions.

If you don't have many possessions, then you don't need to work all your life like a slave to sustain them, and therefore you have more time for yourself.

We are not the sum of our possessions.

I draw from my family and my friends and I feel like that small-town person. The achievements, the materialistic possessions have really become to mean less. They mean nothing.

My nan taught me never to put value on possessions but to value family, friends and people. I buy lovely things and enjoy them, but they don't rule me.