Possessions by Nien Cheng

Possessions are not important. 

It's always best to look ahead and not backwards. 

Possessions are not important. 

Think of those beautiful porcelain pieces I had. 

Before they came to me, they had all passed through the hands of many people, surviving wars and natural disasters. I got them only because someone else lost them. 

While I had them, I enjoyed them; now some other people will enjoy them. 

Life itself is transitory. 

Possessions are not important.

Nien Cheng, Life and Death in Shanghai

Source: http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/95739.Nien_Cheng