The best hopes of any community rest upon that class of its gifted young men who are not encumbered with large possessions…… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
I believe the most dangerous misconception is the idea our money and possessions belong to us, not God. Many of our problems… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
She would fain have caught at the skirts of that departing time, and prayed it to return, and give her back what… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
So what is the difference between someone who willfully indulges in sexual pleasures while ignoring the Bible on moral purity and someone… — David Platt Copy Share Image
Loss of meaning is often part of the suffering that comes with physical loss, but it can also happen to people who… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
He exulted in the possession of himself once more; he realized how much of the delight of the world he had lost… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
A too great disproportion among the citizens weakens any state. Every person, if possible, ought to enjoy the fruits of his labour,… — David Hume Copy Share Image
You only believe that it is a relationship. It is a conflict, it is enmity, it is jealousy, it is aggression, it… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
When anaesthetics were invented they were thought to be wicked as being an attempt to thwart God's will. Insanity was thought to… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
PROPERTY, n. Any material thing, having no particular value, that may be held by A against the cupidity of B. Whatever gratifies… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“You’ve seen the world, and all you’ve seen is nothing; and everything, as well, that you have said and heard is nothing.… — Omar Khayyám Copy Share Image
[Peter Pan] has never broken his terrible habit of eavesdropping. So, maybe that wasn't the rustle of pages you heard while this… — Geraldine McCaughrean Copy Share Image
We cannot arrive at the perfect possession of God in this life, and that is why we are travelling and in darkness.… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Happiness, true happiness, is an inner quality. It is a state of mind. If your mind is at peace, you are happy.… — Dada Vaswani Copy Share Image
Cannabis never killed anybody and it's use is widespread. You can"t stop it. The law defeats itself because all the efforts to… — James Pickles Copy Share Image
Mary adored Jesus as the Bridegroom of souls. Union is the final purpose of love. Jesus by the gift of His substance… — Peter Julian Eymard Copy Share Image
In a very real way, the poor are our teachers. They show us that people’s value is not measured by their possessions… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
If the item of stolen property had been anything other than a book, it would have been confiscated. But a book is… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
The world's most 'primitive' people have few possessions, but they are not poor. Poverty is not a certain small amount of goods,… — Marshall Sahlins Copy Share Image
Moshe Sluhovsky's fascinating study links spirit possession, exorcism, and mystical practice in early modern Europe. Women and men, healers and priestly exorcisers… — Natalie Zemon Davis Copy Share Image
The first, that their pretensions to this possession of an art properly so called in their art of speaking are entirely unfounded;… — Friedrich Schleiermacher Copy Share Image
As parents, you may confidently rear your children according to Gods Word. While bringing up your children, you are to remember that… — John C. Broger Copy Share Image
Loneliness is a drug, a narcotic; it grows through veins, through nerves and muscles; it assumes some right of possession over your… — R.J. Ellory Copy Share Image
He had also the reputation of being a bit of a lady killer. But that probably accrued to him from his possession… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My clothes are most comfortable as well as practical. I wear navy blue slacks and a long sleeve shirt topped with my… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
All men by nature are equal in that equal right that every man hath to his natural freedom, without being subjected to… — John Locke Copy Share Image
“I had cooperated. I could not have refused. I was smitten with her, half in love but also afraid, because in my… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
The human heart is an idol factory that takes good things like a successful career, love, material possessions, even family, and turns… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
I will be satisfied to the extent that I see everything I have as a gift from God. Here is the truth:… — Warren W. Wiersbe Copy Share Image
See things that you want as already yours. Know that they will come to you at need. Then let them come. Don't… — Robert Collier Copy Share Image
“There is also a third kind of madness, which is possession by the Muses, enters into a delicate and virgin soul, and… — Plato Copy Share Image
Listing What You Have: Internalize the attitude that regardless of how many things you do not have, you can still be happy… — Zelig Pliskin 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
TODAY can be a healthy unusual day for you-and for others-if you take time to give someone a smile . . .… — William Arthur Ward Copy Share Image
The single observation I would offer for your consideration is that some things are beyond your control. You can lose your health… — Neil Armstrong Copy Share Image
He hadn’t once ceased looking at Daisy, and I think he revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Ask him why there are hypocrites in the world.' 'Because it is hard to bear the happiness of others.' 'When are we… — Vikram Chandra Copy Share Image
The best illustration I can give of his talent is that at Manchester United there was always a possession drill in training… — Gary Neville Copy Share Image