“That to own things did not necessarily mean one belonged; that possession was no guarantee of control” — Ninotchka Rosca Copy Share Image
“The desire for carnal possession quickly cools, whereas the desire to own land never quits the heart of man.” — Gabriel Chevallier Copy Share Image
Molly was arrested. Possession.” I blinked at him. “She was possessed? — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
Not to take possession of your life plan is to let your existence be an accident. — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
Today is our most precious possession. It is our only sure possession. — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
Meek wifehood is no part of my profession; / I am your friend, but never your possession. — Vera Brittain Copy Share Image
The first of all beautiful things is the continual possession of God. — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
God created the first pair equal in rights, possessions, and authority. He bequeathed the earth to them as a joint inheritance; gave… — Antoinette Brown Blackwell Copy Share Image
My disenchantment? Oh no, my dear, there are no disenchantments, merely progressions and styles of possession. To exist is to be spellbound. — Robert Coover Copy Share Image
Such is the emptiness of human enjoyment that we are always impatient of the present. Attainment is followed by neglect, and possession… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
We must reverse this psychology (of needing guns for home defense). WE can do it by passing a law that says anyone… — Carl T. Rowan Copy Share Image
Life is indeed either a rich possession or a poor, according as it is made subservient to noble aims or ignoble pleasures. — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
Possession of territory is not primarily about laws and contracts, but first and foremost a matter of movement and circulation. — Paul Virilio Copy Share Image
Knowledge is that possession that no misfortune can destroy, no authority can revoke, and no enemy can control. This makes knowledge the… — Bryant H. McGill Copy Share Image
By getting as close to the true idea of religion, of spirituality as it is possible for us to get.. ...we would… — Marsden Hartley Copy Share Image
And when statesmen or others worry him [the scientist] too much, then he should leave with his possessions. With a firm and… — Tycho Brahe Copy Share Image
Study the past if you would define the future. I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I… — Confucius Copy Share Image
“A mating of convenience doesn’t carry possession with it.”… “There ain’t nothin’ convenient about a mating.” He leaned in, his lips barely… — Rebecca Zanetti Copy Share Image
It needs good management to enjoy life. I enjoy it twice as much as others, for the measure of enjoyment depends on… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Nature has poured forth all things for the common use of all men. And God has ordained that all things should be… — Ambrose Copy Share Image
Look at your own life. Has it become overly complex? Have you found yourself burdened by too many possessions or responsibilities? Take… — Douglas Bloch Copy Share Image
The glorified will not be pilgrims, transient visitors, or tenants at will, but settled, permanent, walled, established by title, through eternity by… — Edward McKendree Bounds Copy Share Image
The reality of the invocation is when the Invoked takes possession of the heart, and He is One. Separation and multiplicity exist… — Ibn Ata Allah Copy Share Image
Apocalypse does not point to a fiery Armageddon but to the fact that our ignorance and our complacency are coming to an… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
Scientists are entitled to be proud of their accomplishments, and what accomplishments can they call 'theirs' except the things they have done… — Peter Medawar Copy Share Image
The possessions God allows us to have are intended for our use, not our enjoyment. Trying to squeeze something out of them… — William Gurnall Copy Share Image
When people are dying, they call their old enemies and try to forgive them and try to be forgiven by them. They… — Robert Thurman Copy Share Image
Lee Jordan was finding it difficult not to take sides. 'So — after that obvious and disgusting bit of cheating —' 'Jordan!'… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“You chased my muse away.” My tone was low, lazy, and sort of psychotic. Even to my own ears. “And?” She didn’t… — L.J. Shen Copy Share Image
...[Changers] were a threat to identity, a challenge to the individualism even of those they were never likely to impersonate. It had… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
But how do European railways manage without them? How do they continue to convey millions of travellers and mountains of luggage across… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
You must not contrast too strongly the hours of courtship with the years of possession. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Health, power, riches, possessions and honor can be snatched from you, but your will is irrevocably your own. — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
You must be able to see yourself, with your inner eye, already in possession of the good you desire. — Bob Proctor Copy Share Image
our contempt of wealth does not extend beyond the hour when we can get it in possession. — Julia McNair Wright Copy Share Image
Our possessions are wholly in our performances. He owns nothing to whom the world owes nothing. — William Gilmore Simms Copy Share Image
“Women seemed to him to be in possession of all kinds of undesirable properties, chiefly madness.” — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
![“And when statesmen or others worry him [the scientist] too much, then he should leave with his possessions. With a firm and steadfast mind one should hold under all conditions, that everywhere the earth is below and the sky above and to the energetic man, every region is his fatherland.” quote by Tycho Brahe](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/071/tycho-brahe-26422_earth_and-when-statesmen-or-others-worry-him-t_814434.jpg)
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