The dwelling places of Europe have an air of inheritance, or cumulative possession - a hive occupied by generations of bees. — John Updike Copy Share Image
Physical beauty is passing - a transitory possession - but beauty of the mind, richness of the spirit, tenderness of the heart… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
“You’re my obsession, I’m your possession You own the deepest part of me You crawled into the darkness, set my monster free… — Pepper Winters Copy Share Image
The happy life does not mean loving what we possess, but possessing what we love." Possession of the beloved, St. Thomas holds,… — Josef Pieper Copy Share Image
“Bring things to life and nurture them, But have no thoughts of possession. Act without relying on anything; Bring things along, but… — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
Modern society has not rid itself of religion, as it fondly believes; it has merely replaced the historical religions by a host… — Will Herberg Copy Share Image
A good many men and women want to get possession of secrets just as spendthrifts want to get money-for circulation. — George D. Prentice Copy Share Image
“Power is lost or won, never created or destroyed. Power is a visitor to, not a possession of, those it empowers.” — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
The goose that lays golden eggs has been considered a most valuable possession. But even more profitable is the privilege of taking… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
In the hearts of people today there is a deep longing for peace. When the true spirit of peace is thoroughly dominant,… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
continually measuring women's wants by men's achievements seems out of date, ignominious, and intolerably boring. ... Now that we have secured possession… — Eleanor Rathbone Copy Share Image
The routine of custom tends to deaden even scientific inquiry; it stands in the way of discovery and of the active scientific… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
Possession of books denounced as heretical was made a criminal offense. Copies of such books were burned and destroyed. But in Upper… — Elaine Pagels Copy Share Image
A friend is a possession we earn, not a gift. …The Lord has declared that those who serve him and keep his… — Marvin J. Ashton Copy Share Image
There is no law by which to determine the superiority of nations; hence the vanity of the claim, and the idleness of… — Lew Wallace Copy Share Image
In order that the relations between science and the age may be what they ought to be, the world at large must… — William Jay Youmans Copy Share Image
You can never love anyone to your own detriment. That is not love, that is possession, control, fear, or a combination of… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
When you coach Russ Smith, you have a nervous breakdown on every possession. He's not from a different country. He's from a… — Rick Pitino Copy Share Image
Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“Renee's self-possession, her ability to possess other selves, is a measure of the weakness of her husband, his inability to stop his… — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
Being and having in our society teaches us how to take possession of things, when it should rather initiate us in the… — Gabriel Marcel Copy Share Image
Our peculiar security is in the possession of a written Constitution. Let us not make it a blank paper by construction. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Man's highest joy is in victory: to conquer one's enemies; to pursue them; to deprive them of their possessions; to make their… — Genghis Khan Copy Share Image
The possession of arbitrary power has always, the world over, tended irresistibly to destroy humane sensibility, magnanimity, and truth. — Frederick Law Olmsted Copy Share Image
“One Must Always Remember That Birth, Old Age, Disease And Death Comes At Any Moment In Regardless Of Whom We Are Or… — Baba Tunde Ojo-Olubiyo Copy Share Image
You cannot all abandon your possessions, but at least you can change your attitude about them. All getting separates you from others;… — Francis of Assisi Copy Share Image
The lands granted were in the occupancy of savages and situated in a wilderness, of which the government had never taken possession,… — William H. Wharton Copy Share Image
To the King, one must give his possessions and his life; but honour is a possession of soul, and the soul is… — Pedro Calderon de la Barca Copy Share Image
Where you just possessed?" Cookie asked after a long moment, awe softening her voice. "'Cause let me tell you, sweetheart, if that… — Darynda Jones Copy Share Image
“I am not a piece of property, damn it!" "But you are in my possession." She enunciated, "I think you are a… — Thea Harrison Copy Share Image
We like to assume that language is a purely human property, our exclusive possession, and that everything else is basically mute. — David Abram Copy Share Image
Should surveillance be usable for petty crimes like jaywalking or minor drug possession? Or is there a higher threshold for certain information?… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
“He wanted to know her, possess her. All that fire flashing in her eyes when she thought he didn’t see, needed to… — Lauren Smith Copy Share Image
Each of us have things and thoughts and descriptions of an amazing universe in our possession that kings in the 17th Century… — Kary Mullis Copy Share Image
Being a Christian is not just about following commandments: it is about letting Christ take possession of our lives and transform them. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Freedom from fear and injustice and oppression will be ours only in the measure that men who value such freedom are ready… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
I quickly learned that you don't have to be incarcerated by suffering, and that, in spite of the dysfunctional nature of your… — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
Multiple personality disorder and possession are not necessarily mutually incompatible disorders. There's some evidence that you can have both. — M. Scott Peck Copy Share Image
Instead of being lost in your thinking, when you awaken you recognize yourself as the awareness behind it. Thinking then ceases to… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
The belief that there is only one truth and that oneself is in possession of it seems to me the deepest root… — Max Born Copy Share Image
