“What is it about possessing things? Why do we feel the need to own what we love? And why do we become such jerks when we do? We've all been there. You want something, you possess it - and by possessing it, you lose it. ”

“It's not the thing you fling, it's the fling itself.”

“I've always been a student of this life, not a teacher. More of a sponge than a fountain.”

“We have no money. We have no possessions. Maybe that is why we value the things we do have ... loyalty and friendship.”

“All that is great cannot be possessed - and that is one of the most foolish things man goes on doing. We want to possess.”

“We are not rich by what we possess but by what we can do without.”

“We are enriched not by what we possess, but by what we can do without.”