Collecting Things quotes
7 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"When they took the Fourth Amendment, I was silent because I don't deal drugs. When they took the Sixth Amendment, I kept quiet because I know I'm innocent. When they took the Second Amendment, I said nothing because I don't own a gun. Now they've come for the First Amendment, and I can't say anything at all."
"You spend the first part of your life collecting things ... and the second half getting rid of them."
"People assume that happiness stems from collecting things outside of yourself, whereas true happiness stems from removing things from inside of yourself"
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