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A quotation from Basil the Great

You seem to have great possessions! How else can this be, but that you have preferred your own enjoyment to the consolation of the many? For the more you abound in wealth, the more you lack in love.
 
[ἀλλὰ μὴν φαίνῃ ἔχων κτήματα πολλά. Πόθεν ταῦτα; ἢ δῆλον ὅτι τὴν οἰκείαν ἀπόλαυσιν προτι μοτέραν τῆς τῶν πολλῶν παραμυθίας ποιούμενος. Ὅσον οὖν πλεονάζεις τῷ πλούτῳ, τοσοῦτον ἐλλείπεις τῇ ἀγάπῃ.]

Basil of Caesarea (AD 330-378) Christian bishop, theologian, monasticist, Doctor of the Church [Saint Basil the Great, Ἅγιος Βασίλειος ὁ Μέγας]
Sermon (368 ca.), "To the Rich [Ὁμιλία πρὸς τοὺς πλουτούντας]" [tr. Schroeder (2009)]

More about this quote: wist.info/basil-of-caesarea/70…

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Basil of Caesarea - Sermon (368 ca.), "To the Rich [Ὁμιλία πρὸς τοὺς πλουτούντας]" [tr. Schroeder (2009)] | WIST Quotations

You seem to have great possessions! How else can this be, but that you have preferred your own enjoyment to the consolation of the many? For the more you abound in wealth, the more you lack in love. [ἀλλὰ μὴν φαίνῃ ἔχων κτήματα πολλά. Πόθεν ταῦτα; ἢ δῆλον ὅτι τὴν…

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Anagārika Alāra, PhD2d ago

Love is where you value someone else more than yourself, and are willing to make sacrifices for them. If the point of a marriage is to get things for yourself (children, money, etc), which can include both romantic and arranged marriages, it's a greed/lust marriage.

https://www.astroyogi.com/blog/arranged-marriage-vs-love-marriage.aspx

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Arrange Marriage Vs Love Marriage - Difference Between Arrange and Love Marriage Success Rate

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KillBait NewsApr 9

Belgian Photographer Creates Extensive Catalog of Personal Possessions

📰 Original title: Woman Painstakingly Photographs and Catalogs Every Single Possession

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Belgian Photographer Creates Extensive Catalog of Personal Possessions

Belgian photographer Barbara Iweins has undertaken a remarkable and meticulous project: documenting every single item she owns through photography and detailed cataloging.

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Belgian Photographer Creates Extensive Catalog of Personal Possessions

📰 Original title: Woman Painstakingly Photographs and Catalogs Every Single Possession

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👥 Usuarios: It's clickbait ⚠️

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Belgian Photographer Creates Extensive Catalog of Personal Possessions

Belgian photographer Barbara Iweins has undertaken a remarkable and meticulous project: documenting every single item she owns through photography and detailed cataloging.

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Cynni's BlogMar 25

“Silly” thoughts… – part 2

A few days ago, I shared my first "silly" thoughts toot in a blog post. I wrote another toot, so I wanted to make another blog post as well, featuring this thought. I do think that I wrote about this, in a different way, a while ago. That post can be found here: Stand still & look around… I'll try to write this post from a different perspective. I don't know if I'll really succeed... But I'll try nevertheless. 😉 I'll share a shameful confession, below the read more bit... And then I'll try to explain it, in the best way I can. Because I know that thoughts, feeling, and emotions are very personal, and they can mean different things to different people. 😊 […]

https://cynnisblog.wordpress.com/2026/03/25/silly-thoughts-part-2/

WIST QuotationsMar 9

A quotation from James Shirley

All buildings are but monuments of death,
All clothes but winding-sheets for our last knell,
All dainty fattings for the worms beneath,
All curious musique, but our passing bell;
   Thus death is nobly waited on, for why?
   All that we have is but death’s livery.

James Shirley (1596–1666) English poet, playwright
Poem (1639), “Fatum Supremum,” Facetiae: Wits Recreations, Epigram 170 (1640)

More about this quote: wist.info/shirley-james/82604/

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Shirley, James - Poem (1639), "Fatum Supremum," Facetiae: Wits Recreations, Epigram 170 (1640) | WIST Quotations

All buildings are but monuments of death, All clothes but winding-sheets for our last knell, All dainty fattings for the worms beneath, All curious musique, but our passing bell; Thus death is nobly waited on, for why? All that we have is but death's livery. The piece is also known…

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WIST QuotationsFeb 2

A quotation from Bruce Holland Rogers

And so, you see, simplicity
Requires that our lot
Be that we exit, when we must,
With only what we brought.

Bruce Holland Rogers (b. 1958) American author [pseud. Hanovi Braddock]
“A Common Night,” Fantastic Alice (1995) [ed. Margaret Weis]

More about this quote: wist.info/rogers-bruce-holland…

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Rogers, Bruce Holland - "A Common Night," Fantastic Alice (1995) [ed. Margaret Weis] | WIST Quotations

And so, you see, simplicity Requires that our lot Be that we exit, when we must, With only what we brought.

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French Cinema & SubtitlesJan 25

🎬 Possessions (2020)

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Buddhistdoor Global (BDG)Jan 23

BDG feature: Collecting Mugs and Practicing Non-Attachment

🔗 Read more: https://tinyurl.com/4bwbk9rz

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Show threadVenice church of ChristNov 12, 2025

#Jesus strongly warned about the dangers of #greed.

He gave a parable regarding the dangers of putting one's trust in material #wealth: what happens after you die and you have to stand before God and all that wealth remains on the earth?

We can get caught up in trying to protect ourselves with money and other #possessions and prove deaf to the cries and needs of others.