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“It is difficult, if not impossible, to define the limit of our reasonable desires in respect of possessions.”
Arthur Schopenhauer
Desire
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Possessions
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Limits
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Human Nature
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Existential Inquiry
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“Those who own much have much to fear.”
Rabindranath Tagore
Wealth
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Fear
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Possessions
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Simplicity
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Attachment
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“Whatever we treasure for ourselves separates us from others; our possessions are our limitations.”
Rabindranath Tagore
Possessions
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Individuality
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Connection
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Materialism
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Societal Critique
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“Houses are full of things that gather dust.”
Jack Kerouac
Materialism
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Impermanence
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Possessions
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Domestic Life
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Passage Of Time
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“If you own a rug you own too much.”
Jack Kerouac
Minimalism
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Possessions
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Simplicity
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Materialism
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Lifestyle Philosophy
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“We fear more than the loss of anything else the disappearance of possessions that have remained outside ourselves, because our hearts have not taken possession of them.”
Marcel Proust
Fear
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Possessions
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Emotional Loss
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Heart Connection
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External Belongings
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Attachment Pain
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“If you are not proud of your cellar, there is no thrill of satisfaction in seeing your guest hold up his wineglass to the light and look judicial.”
George Eliot
Pride In Possessions
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Guest Impression
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Wine Appreciation
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Pride
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Possessions
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Wine
8.
“You might think you want an expensive car, a fancy watch, and a huge house. But I’m telling you, you don’t. What you want is respect and admiration from other people, and you think having expensive stuff will bring it. It almost never does – especially from the people you want to respect and admire you.”
Morgan Housel
Material Possessions
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True Respect
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Social Validation
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Possessions
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Respect
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Validation
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“Be nicer and less flashy. No one is impressed with your possessions as much as you are. You might think you want a fancy car or a nice watch. But what you probably want is respect and admiration. And you’re more likely to gain those things through kindness and humility than horsepower and chrome.”
Morgan Housel
Kindness Humility
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Respect Goals
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Material Possessions
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Kindness
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Respect
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Possessions
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“No one is impressed with your possessions as much as you are.”
Morgan Housel
Possessions Value
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Self Reflection
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External Views
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Impressed
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Possessions
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Views
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“Think of what you have rather than of what you lack. Of the things you have, select the best and then reflect how eagerly you would have sought them if you did not have them.”
Marcus Aurelius
Gratitude
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Reflection
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Contentment
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Abundance
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Mindset
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Possessions
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“16 February. Can’t see my way clear. As though everything I possessed had escaped me, and as though it would hardly satisfy me if it all returned.”
Franz Kafka
Inner Struggles
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February Reflection
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Clarity
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Possessions
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Loss
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Reflection
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“You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.”
Khalil Gibran
Generosity
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Giving
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Possessions
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Selflessness
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Love
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Charity
14.
“Possessions weigh you down.”
Elon Musk
Minimalism
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Possessions
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Life
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Freedom
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Simplicity
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“Too often, a vast collection of possessions ends up possessing its owner. The asset I most value, aside from health, is interesting, diverse, and long-standing friends.”
Warren Buffett
Possessions
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Wealth
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Friends
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Values
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Life
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“Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by them.”
Henry David Thoreau
Possessions
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Freedom
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Simplicity
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Life
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Confinement
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“He who possesseth little is so much the less possessed. Blessed be moderate poverty!”
Friedrich Nietzsche
Possessions
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Simplicity
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Poverty
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Freedom
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Contentment
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