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1 " We are afraid of losing what we have, whether it's our life or our possessions and property. But this fear evaporates when we understand that our life stories and the history of the world were written by the same hand. "
― Paulo Coelho
2 " The way to misuse our possessions is to use them as an insurance against the morrow. Anxiety is always directed to the morrow, whereas goods are in the strictest sense meant to be used only for to-day. "
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer , The Cost of Discipleship
3 " Everything that we see about us that we count is our possessions only comprises a loan from God, and it is when we lose sight of this all-pervading truth that we become greedy and covetous. "
― Billy Graham , Billy Graham in Quotes
4 " A willingness to share our possessions with one another is a very important aspect of true biblical community. "
― Jerry Bridges , True Community: The Biblical Practice of Koinonia