Transiency is stamped on all our possessions, occupations, and delights. We have the hunger for eternity in our souls, the thought of… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
The love of money as a possession...will be recognised for what it is, a somewhat disgusting morbidity. — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
People cleave to their worldly possessions and selfish passions so blindly as to sacrifice their own lives for them. They are like… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
A person is not a democrat thanks to his ignorance of literature and the arts, nor an elitist because he or she… — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
Do not let your "eye" be drawn by the false "beacon lamps" -of wealth, or position, or fame, or possessions. Be vigilant… — John of the Cross Copy Share Image
It appears that ordinary men take wives because possession is not possible without marriage, and that ordinary women accept husbands because marriage… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
The people who have wealth and the people who earn money are going to be a little reluctant to part with it,… — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
No matter how many possessions we acquire, they will not provide us with any lasting happiness and freedom. On the contrary, it… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
What an illusion Mahamaya has conjured up! Here is this infinite world, and what one claims as his possession will be left… — Sarada Devi Copy Share Image
Ma'alesh; no matter; never mind; what can you do but accept things as they are? Ma'alesh, your pot overturned in the fire;… — Laurie R. King Copy Share Image
Rather than employing it as a supplement to active, conscious seeing, they used the medium as a substitute, paying less attention to… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
It does not follow, because our ancestors made so many errors of fact and mixed them with their religion, that we should… — William James Copy Share Image
How the early priests came into possession of these secrets does not appear, and if there were ever any records of this… — Harry Houdini Copy Share Image
The possession of wealth leads almost inevitably to its abuse. It is the chief, if not the only, cause of evils which… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
Possession of a program with unique analytic capabilities puts a scientist in as much of a priveleged position to make new discoveries… — Heinz Pagels Copy Share Image
One's own self or material goods, which has more worth? Loss (of self) or possession (of goods), which is the greater evil?… — Laozi Copy Share Image
I was just then going through a healthy reaction from the orthodoxy of my youth; religion had become for me not so… — Laurence Housman Copy Share Image
And when statesman or others worry [the scientist] too much, then he should leave with his possessions. — Tycho Brahe Copy Share Image
The known is finite, the unknown infinite; intellectually we stand on an islet in the midst of an illimitable ocean of inexplicability.… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
You can cultivate taste, as you can the intellect. Full understanding whets the appetite and desire, and, later, sharpens the enjoyment of… — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
It was said of Miss Letitia that when money came into her possession it went out of circulation. — Mary Roberts Rinehart Copy Share Image
Humanity may endure the loss of everything; all its possessions may be turned away without infringing its true dignity - all but… — Johann Gottlieb Fichte Copy Share Image
A smattering of everything is worth little. It is a fallacy to suppose that an encyclopaedic knowledge is desirable. The mind is… — Louis Agassiz Copy Share Image
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