A soul is a troublesome possession, and when man developed it he lost the Garden of Eden. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
The gospel assures you that your value is not dependent on your looks or material possessions. — Elaine L. Jack Copy Share Image
The more flesh, the more worms; the more possessions, the more worry. — Hillel the Elder Copy Share Image
The possession of a perfect knowledge of your business is an absolute necessity in order to insure success. — P. T. Barnum Copy Share Image
The chase is among the best of all national pastimes; it cultivates that vigorous manliness for the lack of which in a… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
At my age, I realize that my most precious possession is time, and I've got too much unfinished work to do to… — Benny Carter Copy Share Image
It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment. — Carl Friedrich Gauss Copy Share Image
You want to raise your child in such a way that you don't have to control him, so that he will be… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
And it's Gryfindor in possession again, as Johnson takes the Quaffle— Flint alongside her —poke him in the eye, Angelina —it was… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you search everywhere, yet cannot find what you are seeking, it is because what you seek is already in your possession. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The mere possession of a gun is, in itself, an urge to kill, not only by design, but by accident, by madness,… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Humankind struggles with collective powers for its freedom, the individual struggles with dehumanization for the possession of his soul. — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
First and foremost, the monk should own nothing in this world, but he should have as his possessions solitude of the body,… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
Hope is a prodigal young heir, and Experience is his banker; but his drafts are seldom honoured, since there is often a… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
It is long been a principal of ours that one is no more armed because he has possession of a firearm than… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
There are many different types of kisses. There's a passionate kiss of farewell - like the kind Rhett gave Scarlett when he… — Colleen Houck Copy Share Image
Certainly, possessions, money, and power can give a momentary thrill, the illusion of being happy, but they end up possessing us and… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Goods and possessions are no gain in his eyes. He stays far from wealth and honor. Long life is no ground for… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
The love of money as a possession-as distinguished from the love of money as a means to the enjoyments and realities of… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
Where are the heroes and the saints, who keep a clear vision of man's greatest gift, his freedom, to oppose not only… — Dorothy Day Copy Share Image
The world of shapes, lines, curves, and solids is as varied as the world of numbers, and it is only our long-satisfied… — David Berlinski Copy Share Image
It is true that these mysteries are dreadful, and people have always drawn away from them. But where can we find anything… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
“Overheard on a Saltmarsh" Nymph, nymph, what are your beads? Green glass, goblin. Why do you stare at them? Give them me.… — Harold Monro Copy Share Image
I also made two very important discoveries as time went on. In the first place, I discovered that making money was easy.… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
Side by side with the miseries of underdevelopment...we find ourselves up against a form of superdevelopment, equally inadmissable. This superdevelopment consists in… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Capitalist exploitation and cartels and monopolies are the enemies of underdeveloped countries. On the other hand a regime which is completely oriented… — Frantz Fanon Copy Share Image
I become one of those people who walks alone in the dark at night while others sleep or watch Mary Tyler Moore… — Elizabeth Wurtzel Copy Share Image
“How many husbands and wives,” Merrin uttered sadly, “must believe they have fallen out of love because their hearts no longer race… — William Peter Blatty Copy Share Image
“Who hath desires must ever fearful be; Who lives in fear cannot be counted free.” — Robert Burton Copy Share Image
“Don’t treat me like I belong to you because, no matter what I agreed to, I am not a possession!” — Sadie Grubor Copy Share Image
“Buffy Summers: (to Spike) "I could NEVER be your girl!” — Buffy the Vampire Slayer writers Copy Share Image
“My body is no longer mine. My soul dormant. I am once again, possessed. — Kia Carrington-Russell Copy Share Image
Men find happiness neither by means of the body nor through possessions, but through uprightness and wisdom. — Democritus Copy Share Image
Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
That's a wonderful thing, to take possession of the role that you're playing. — Helene Yorke Copy Share Image
