The possession of unlimited power will make a despot of almost any man. There is a possible Nero in the gentlest human… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In excess, most endeavors and possessions take on the characteristics of their opposite. — Tim Ferriss Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as a crime of passion, only a crime of possession. — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
And with respect to the mode in which these general principles affect the secure possession of property, so far am I from… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
“Energy is a being yet is not. For it to materialise it must be pure thus it turns into a crystal like… — Kia Carrington-Russell Copy Share Image
The problem is not gun possession; the problem is manufacturing guns - who's making these guns and how they gettin' out on… — Prodigy Copy Share Image
“To own something and not be aware of it could not only be annoying, but fatal too. That is why most people… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
Conservatism is sometimes a symptom of sterility. Those who have nothing in them that can grow and develop must cling to what… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Every instinct that is found in any man is in all men. The strength of the emotion may not be so overpowering,… — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
To criticize is to appreciate, to appropriate, to take intellectual possession, to establish in fine a relation with the criticized thing and… — Henry James Copy Share Image
I cannot remember a time when I was not in love with them--with the books themselves, cover and binding and the paper… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
I give my soul to God, my body to the earth, and my worldly possessions to my nearest of kin, charging them… — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
The number of nuclear bombs on the planet today - the sheer quantity of weapons of mass destruction in the possession of… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
“Truth is not an object to be possessed; it is a living thing recognized, cultivated by the mind and heart.” — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Whatever the intellectual is too certain of, if he is healthily playful, he begins to find unsatisfactory. The meaning of his intellectual… — Richard Hofstadter 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
If we take an examination of what is understood by happiness ... we shall find all its properties ... under this short… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
He loved possessions, not masses of them, but a select few that he did not part with. They gave a man self-respect.… — Patricia Highsmith Copy Share Image
I shortly will introduce legislation banning the sale, manufacture or possession of handguns (with exceptions for law enforcement and licensed target clubs)...… — John Chafee Copy Share Image
Children are the brightest treasures we bring forth into this world, but too large a percentage of the population continues to treat… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
For, if we take an examination of what is generally understood by happiness, as it has respect either to the understanding or… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
It is generally allowed, that no man ever found the happiness of possession proportionate to that expectation which incited his desire, and… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“Realizing the seriously ruthless, venomous habits and agendas of evil always instills a more fierce passion and longing for a closer God.… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
The key is to maintain an evenness. Try to play one possession at a time, regardless of what happened on the last… — Brad Stevens Copy Share Image
