Unwanted Possessions Quotes

We can never have enough of that which we really do not want.

We obtain things when we no longer want them.

Kill what you can't save what you can't eat throw out what you can't throw out bury What you can't bury give away what you can't give away you must carry with you, it is always heavier than you thought.

It's easy to get rid of things when there is an obvious reason for doing so. It's much more difficult when there is no compelling reason.

Clutter is what happens to things when they become useless but friendly.

Sometimes when you're with somebody, and all their stuff is at your house, it's so hard to break up with them. You don't know what they're going to wreck and destroy.

Painfully to attain possession of what we do not want, and then painfully to waste our days in attempting to rid ourselves of it, seems to be a part of our discipline here below.

There are tons of things in your home and life that you don't use, need, or even particularly want. They just came into your life as impulsive flotsam and jetsam and never found a good exit. Whether you're aware of it or not, this clutter creates indecision and distractions.

I think what we've done is given children a lot of things that they didn't ask for instead of what they do want.

I drag a lot of stuff round with me that I don't need.

To be weighed down by things - books, furniture - seems somehow terrible to me.

People could not get enough of what they had lost, even if they no longer wanted it.