Possession, it is true, crowns exertion with rest; but it is only in the illusions of fancy that it has power to… — Wilhelm von Humboldt Copy Share Image
Possession properly has two faces, two aspects: we all have a right to private property, but this is accompanied by our responsibility… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
Wherever there is great property there is great inequality. For one very rich man there must be at least five hundred poor,… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
I did not myself set a high estimation on wealth, and had the affectation of most young men of lively imagination, who… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
“Your personal health is your greatest possession; the most significant foundation of any future you will have.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
Even in our democratic New England towns the accidental possession of wealth, and its manifestation in dress and equipage alone, obtain for… — Henry David Thoreau 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
Truth is the greatest of all national possessions. A state, a people, a system which suppresses the truth or fears to publish… — Kurt Eisner Copy Share Image
In comparison with other men of their time, the Americans were distinguished by the possession of new political and social ideas, which… — Albert Bushnell Hart Copy Share Image
Our possessions are a trust from God. What we clutch tightly, we lose. What we place in His hands, we will possess. — Phil Callaway Copy Share Image
To paraphrase Jane Austen, it is a truth universally acknowledged that a married man in possession of a vast fortune must be… — Bruce Feirstein Copy Share Image
Self-realization is the knowing in all parts of body, mind, and soul that you are now in possession of the kingdom of… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
For peace, with justice and honor, is the fairest and most profitable of possessions, but with disgrace and shameful cowardice, it is… — Polybius Copy Share Image
Russia does not have in its possession any trustworthy data that supports the existence of nuclear weapons or any weapons of mass… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
A man that simply loads himself down with possessions of which he has no actual need, when he dies slips out of… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin Copy Share Image
I just think it's shocking how many of these young people wind up in prison and they get turned into hardcore criminals… — Pat Robertson Copy Share Image
I am no longer cursed by poverty because I took possession of my own mind, and that mind has yielded me every… — Andrew Carnegie Copy Share Image
I like the idea of making films about ostensibly absolutely nothing. I like the irrelevant, the tangential, the sidebar excursion to nowhere… — Jean-Luc Godard Copy Share Image
The simplification of life is one of the steps to inner peace. A persistent simplification will create an inner and outer well-being… — Peace Pilgrim 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
A field is the most just possession for men. For what nature requires it carefully bears: barley, oil, wine, figs, honey. Silver-plate… — Philemon Copy Share Image
When I lost my faith in people I put my trust in things To avoid the disappointment Trusting people brings... I tried… — John Gorka Copy Share Image
Never be ruled by possessions, and never, ever make wealth more important to you than your self-respect and your dignity." - Lady… — Julie Garwood Copy Share Image
