“The use of riches is better than their possession.”

“The seeking for truth is better than its loveless possession.”

John Lancaster Spalding (1840–1916) Catholic bishop

“Better to be poor in possessions rather than in thoughts and your way of reasoning.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“Possession make you rich? I don't have that type of richness. My richness is Life, forever.”

Bob Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician

“Health is the greatest of all possessions; a pale cobbler is better than a sick king.”

Isaac Bickerstaffe (1733–1812) Irish playwright and librettist

“The superfluities of the rich are the necessaries of the poor. They who possess superfluities, possess the goods of others.”

Aurelius Augustinus (354–430) early Christian theologian and philosopher

“With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the parade of riches, which in their eye is never so complete as when they appear to possess those decisive marks of opulence which nobody can possess but themselves.”

Adam Smith (1723–1790) Scottish moral philosopher and political economist

“To be able to give away riches is mandatory if you wish to possess them. This is the only way that you will be truly rich.”

Muhammad Ali (1942–2016) African American boxer, philanthropist and activist

“What better place than this? What better choice than us?”

Jack Terricloth (1970)

“To be content with what we possess is the greatest and most secure of riches.”

Marcus Tullius Cicero (-106–-43 BC) Roman philosopher and statesman