Quote by Herbert Spencer
An argument fatal to the communist theory, is suggested by the fac

An argument fatal to the communist theory, is suggested by the fact, that a desire for property is one of the elements of our nature. – Herbert Spencer

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Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources. – Herbert Spencer

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Seeing is believing, and if an American success is to count for anything in the world it must be clothed in the raiment of property. As often as not it isnt the money itself that means anything; it is the use of money as the currency of the soul. – Lewis H. Lapham

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The more we have the less we own. – Meister Eckhart

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To the illumined man or woman, a clod of dirt, a stone, and gold are the same. – Bhagavad Gita

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Men would live exceedingly quiet if these two words, mine and thine were taken away. – Anaxagoras

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