We are the slaves of objects around us, and appear little or impor

We are the slaves of objects around us, and appear little or important according as these contract or give us room to expand. – Johann von Goethe

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Our chief comforts often produce our greatest anxieties, and the increase in our possessions is but an inlet to new disquietudes. – Oliver Goldsmith

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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

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