Trying to be happy by accumulating possessions is like trying to satisfy hunger by taping sandwiches all over my body.

Roger J. Corless (1938–2007) Anglo-American religious academic, Buddhist scholar, ecumenicist
The Vision of Buddhism: The Space Under the Tree (1989)

Frequently misattributed (with "your body") to George Carlin.

 
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