Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.

-Bible (NewTestament)
St Matthew19:21^2.

Familles! je vous hais! Foyers clos; portes referme¤  es; possessions jalouses du bonheur. Families! I hate you! Enclosed hallways, shut doors, jealous possessions of happiness.

-Gide, Andre¤   Paul Guillaume
  Les Nourritures terrestres, pt.4.

For I spend all my time going about trying to persuade you, young and old, to make your first and chief concern not for your bodies nor for your possessions, but for the highest welfare of your souls, proclaiming as Igo,Wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state.

-Plato
Apology, 30b (translated by H Tredennick).

In all directions stretched the Great Australian Emptiness, in which the mind is the least of possessions†and the march of material ugliness does not raise a quiver from the average nerves. It was the exaltation of the'average'that made me panic most.

-White, Patrick Victor Martindale
  Essay on his literary career, in Australian Letters,'The Prodigal Son', vol.1, no.3, Apr.