Quotes Tagged "belongings"

As I would soon learn myself, cleaning up what a parent leaves behind stirs up dust, both literal and metaphorical. It dredges up memories. You feel like you’re a kid again, poking around in your parents’ closet, only this time there’s no chance of getting in trouble, so you don’t have to be so sure that everything gets put back exactly where it was before you did your poking around. Still, you hope to find something, or maybe you fear finding something, that will completely change your conception of the parent you thought you knew.
Tags: perception, parents, mourning, death, cleaning, belongings
The more material we lose, the less we have. The less we have, the more we win.
Tags: yeild, win, useless, throw-away, things, surrender, superfluous, stuff, possessions, owning, nonessential, needless, more, material, lose, let-go, less, junk, joy, happiness, goods, give-up, free, forfeit, controlling, belongings, being-content, assets
Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury - to me these have always been contemptible. I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best for both the body and the mind.
Tags: values, success, simplicity, belongings