No one could have called Mr. Standen quick-witted, but the possession of three sisters had considerably sharpened his instinct of self-preservation. — Georgette Heyer Copy Share Image
Every man judges his own happiness and satisfaction with life in terms of his possession or lack of possession of those things… — Meir Kahane Copy Share Image
So it is that the life force may take possession of a man-- so that in the end he may be possessed… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
It is not her body that he wants but it is only through her body that he can take possession of another… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
The delicate thought, that cannot find expression, For ruder speech too fair, That, like thy petals, trembles in possession, And scatters on… — Bret Harte Copy Share Image
It ain't what you're driving or the clothes that you wear, material possessions won't matter up there. And someday in heaven, when… — Garth Brooks Copy Share Image
The activity affected by causes like fainting, sleep, excessive joy, grief, possession by spirits, fear etc goes to the heart, its own… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
A denial of the reality of demonical possessions on the part of anyone who believes the Gospel narrative to be true and… — Edward McKendree Bounds Copy Share Image
I believe the only way to break the power of materialism is first, to see ourselves as stewards that God has entrusted… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and for thy possession, the ends of the earth.… — Alexander Anderson Copy Share Image
A clever general... avoids an army when its spirit is keen, but attacks it when it is sluggish and inclined to return.… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
The man possessed of a dollar, feels himself to be not merely one hundred cents richer, but also one hundred cents better,… — Frances Wright Copy Share Image
All religions, with their gods, their demigods, and their prophets, their messiahs and their saints, were created by the credulous fancy of… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
“You will not mock me—and you will let me finish. I have owned and lost a kingdom, and I have battled death.… — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
The more you are possession oriented, the less happy you will be. The less happy you are, the farther away from the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In the 1990s - the period of the greatest escalation of the drug war - nearly 80 percent of the increase in… — Michelle Alexander 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
“Every opportunity, every influence and affluence you possess, could not have been for you alone, but to act as a platform to… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
Let the moment come when nothing is left but life, and you will find that you do not hesitate over the fate… — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share Image
I read several books on possession and exorcism and did some study on epilepsy. I tried to look at everything from a… — Jennifer Carpenter Copy Share Image
When you look at it that way, you can see how absurd it is that we individualize ourselves with our fences and… — Morrie Schwartz Copy Share Image
Anything that is within you is a gift. To be able to take possession of that and say, "Whatever it is, I… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
She will remain sane and she will live as she was meant to live, richly and deeply, among others of her kind,… — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
The world makes us look towards ourselves, our possessions, our desires.The Gospel invites us to be open to others, to share with… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Possessions. The very word is potent - suggestive as it is of ownership both material and erotic. To possess. Possession. Possessed. — Hamish Bowles Copy Share Image
What you have learned from experience is worth much more than gold. If you have a house it may burn down. Any… — Somaly Mam Copy Share Image
Every man may claim the fullest liberty to exercise his faculties compatible with the possession of like liberties by every other man. — Herbert Spencer 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
Communication is a process of sharing experience till it becomes a common possession. It modifies the disposition of both the parties who… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
Out of the freedom from worry that God's generosity provides comes an impulse toward simplicity rather than accumulation. — John Piper Copy Share Image
Music acts on the whole of the organism like a magic force which suppresses the understanding and irresistibly takes possession of the… — Emile Jaques-Dalcroze Copy Share Image
No material possession, no activity can remove, release, or change how you feel.The only person who can change what you feel is… — Senoraroy Copy Share Image
the possession of wealth, and especially the inheritance of wealth, seems almost invariably to sterilize genius. — Beatrice Webb Copy Share Image
“Derek’s. Lucas’. Ben’s. It’s beyond me what I must do to make them realize that I’m neither object nor possession. I don’t… — Bella Forrest Copy Share Image
“Your brain is your own personal property, a little bit like a private part, so whatever it decides to think of me… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Perception is real, truth is not. I'm not fighting for money and possessions. I'm fighting for something more precious. I pray that… — Imelda Marcos Copy Share Image
Why should the brave Spanish soldiers brag? The sunne never sets in the Spanish dominions, but ever shineth on one part or… — John Smith Copy Share Image
The stages of human development are to strive for: (1) Besitz [Possession] (2) Wissen [Knowledge] (3) Können [Ability] (4) Sein [Being]. — Erwin Schrodinger Copy Share Image
We are aware that the conductor is not really making the music, it is making him -- if he is relaxed, open… — Peter Brook Copy Share Image
Not just personal unhappiness but all strife in life, including war, is the result of an over-emphasis on temporary things; money, power… — Robert S. Jepson, Jr Copy Share Image