Our life on earth is, and ought to be, material and carnal. But we have not yet learned to manage our materialism and carnality properly; they are still entangled with the desire for ownership. – E. M. Forster

He who buys what he does not need steals from himself. – Author Unknown

Acquisition means life to miserable mortals. – Hesiod

It all depends on whether you have things, or they have you. – Robert A. Cook