Possessed Quotes

530 Possessed quotes by 418 unique authors

Strength is a capacity for endurance. One of the dividends of suffering is the universal discovery the we posses a strength within us we never… — Dennis Wholey
If we do not control our minds with our Buddha nature, do not practice seriously, are not honest to ourselves and do not examine our… — Ching Hai
Man's unconscious... contains all the patterns of life and behaviour inherited from his ancestors, so that every human child, prior to consciousness, is possessed of… — Carl Jung
Possessiveness destroys love. And they should not be possessed, because that again destroys your love. — Rajneesh
When, however, one reads of a witch being ducked, of a woman possessed by devils, of a wise woman selling herbs, or even a very… — Virginia Woolf
Never before and never since have I seen - and I cannot even imagine, such an amazing rapidity of chess thinking that Capablanca possessed in… — Alexander Alekhine
Capablanca possessed an amazing ability to quickly see into a position and intuitively grasp its main features. His style, one of the purest, most crystal-clear… — Garry Kasparov
Photographs objectify: they turn an event or a person into something that can be possessed. — Susan Sontag
It has been observed that a pure democracy if it were practicable would be the most perfect government. Experience has proved that no position is… — Alexander Hamilton
He has fantastic powers. He can be imperious, abrupt, impatient with sloppy procedures, but he is also poetic, visionary, romantic. He is possessed by two… — Unknown Author
A people... who are possessed of the spirit of commerce, who see and who will pursue their advantages may achieve almost anything. — George Washington
A man is never so truly and intensely himself as when he is most possessed by God. It is impossible to say where, in the… — William Ralph Inge
Being a Christian is more like having your soul possessed by a spirit than having your mind clothed with new beliefs... It is like being… — Peter Kreeft
No one worth possessing can be quite possessed. — Sara Teasdale
The public affairs of the union are spread throughout a very extensive region, and are extremely diversified by the local affairs connected with them, and… — James Madison
The Grecians and Romans were strongly possessed of the spirit of liberty but not the principle, for at the time they were determined not to… — Thomas Paine
The significance of language for the evolution of culture lies in this, that mankind set up in language a separate world beside the other world,… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Man, even man debased by the neocapitalism and pseudosocialism of our time, is a marvelous being because he sometimes speaks. Language is the mark, the… — Octavio Paz
I'd spent five hours that morning trying to write a song that was meaningful and good, and I finally gave up and lay down. Then,… — John Lennon
Civilisation will not last, freedom will not survive, peace will not be kept, unless a very large majority of mankind unite together to defend them… — Winston Churchill

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