SO GOOD QUOTES

In giving, one is released from the burden of the items one has, whereas the one who takes adds items to items. The major problem is when a person possesses items that he does not use, only to set them aside. I do not want to be harsh with anyone, but I need to tell you that you will give an account of every item in your house that you do not use and is only set aside.

There might be a person who is in need of it. What is even worse than having unused items in your house, is allowing them to stay in your house until they are ruined and neither you nor anyone else was able to use them. For example, consider a person who holds on to a few extra clothes beyond need, until they are eaten by moth and neither he nor anyone else has benefitted from them.

H.H. Pope Shenouda III, Monastic Treasures for All of Us