A man's contentment is in his mind, not in the extent of his possessions. Alexander the Great, with all the world at… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Well, they had a lot of the things they found in his possession. They had the map, you know, that marked the… — Henry Wade Copy Share Image
As each generation comes into the world devoid of knowledge, its first duty is to obtain possession of the stores already amassed.… — Horace Mann Copy Share Image
It's always irked me that they always say the white receiver has great hands or runs great routes or is a possession… — Cris Collinsworth Copy Share Image
Art is not the possession of the few who are recognized writers, painters, musicians; it is the authentic expression of any and… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
“Most people take health at face value. Quite often people understand that health is the most valuable possession only after they become… — Eraldo Banovac Copy Share Image
Let me out," Harry said again. "No," Dumbledore repeated. "If you don't - if you keep me in here - if you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
But if thought is to become the possession of many, not the privilege of the few, we must have done with fear.… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“We should not fear the fragility of truth, for it creates openness to correction, learning, and growth. It fosters empathy, making inquiry,… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
I left the convent and that was because I wasn't a very good nun. I could see that I wasn't going to… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
“Non-possession” does not mean having nothing. It does not mean to live as a penniless beggar. Rather than meaning having nothing, it… — Boep Joeng Copy Share Image
This is a precious possession which we cannot afford to tarnish, but society always is attempting to make the physician into a… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
There is no greater egoism than that of learning when it is treated simply as a mark of personal distinction to be… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
If you overesteem great men, people become powerless. If you overvalue possessions, people begin to steal. The Master leads by emptying people's… — Laozi Copy Share Image
This drive to always want more is based on the misconceptions that having more will make me more happy, more important, and… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
Make wisdom your provision for the journey from youth to old age, for it is a more certain support than all other… — Bias of Priene Copy Share Image
Of course, I like to have possession. I like attacking football. But there is no attacking football if you don't defend well… — Javi Gracia Copy Share Image
Meeting and talking to the artist adds a special element to collecting contemporary art that makes the work an irreplaceable treasure rather… — Ernest West Basden Copy Share Image
When I was 7, my proudest possession would have been my bookshelf 'cause I had alphabetized all of the books on my bookshelf. — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
My desire was not to pass any island without taking possession, so that, one having been taken, the same may be said… — Christopher Columbus Copy Share Image
“Slavery is simply a possession of the mind, before the individual submits their spiritual component to the will of another person or… — Mwanandeke Kindembo Copy Share Image
For me, possession is to keep the ball while you are waiting for the possibility to penetrate. Every pass is for a… — Michael Laudrup Copy Share Image
An aspiration is a joy forever, a possession as solid as a landed estate, a fortune which we can never exhaust and… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
Peace-not passion, not personal possessions, not personal accomplishments nor happiness-is one of the greatest blessings a man can receive. — Marvin J. Ashton Copy Share Image
But now we've finally taken full possession of what is rightfully ours, because everyone must feel their own pain--and as awful as… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
“The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of… — José N. Harris Copy Share Image
Equality of possessions is no doubt right, but, as men could not make might obey right, they have made right obey might. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Sometimes our thoughts and feelings are our most prized possessions... and then there are times to let go of your possessions and… — Saul Williams Copy Share Image
Every Christian is a priest, not offering a sacrifice for sins - since that has been done once and for all -… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
In Europe, when tobacco was first introduced, it was immediately banned. In Turkey, if you got caught with tobacco, you had your… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
I mistrust the satisfaction which makes a display of the possession of Infinity; that is called fatuity in philosophic terms. — Edgar Quinet Copy Share Image
To leave a place, you'd best leave everything behind; all your possessions, including memory. Traveling's not as easy as it's made out… — Virginia Hamilton Copy Share Image
Words are most malignant, the most treacherous possession of mankind. They are saturated with the sorrows of all time. — Louis Sullivan Copy Share Image
Every strong conviction ends by taking possession of us; it overcomes and absorbs us, and tears us ruthlessly from everything else. Has… — L. E. Maxwell Copy Share Image
“Possession is tricky. It brings up issues of jealousy, codependence, self-esteem, and incorrect apostrophe placement.” — Jenny Baranick Copy Share Image
We have learned by now that our beauty does not count as a possession. The only thing we truly own is our… — Bennett Madison Copy Share Image
A child's appetite for new toys appeal to the desire for ownership and appropriation: the appeal of toys comes to lie not… — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
What we enjoy, not what we possess, is ours, and in labouring for the possession of many things, we lose the power… — John Lancaster Spalding Copy Share Image
I've been very careful. I've gone through pretty much everything. I'm very careful not to let go of the prized possessions, or… — Gillian Anderson Copy Share Image
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