Possesses Quotes

393 Possesses quotes by 305 unique authors

Concluding a short series on sin: It is appalling to think of a power so strong that it can annihilate with the irresistible force of… — Charles Brent
Clouds are fascinating to paint because they are the only element in a landscape that possesses free movement. — John F. Carlson
So long as painting deals with objective nature, it is an impure art, for recognizability precludes the highest aesthetic emotion. All painting, ancient or modern,… — Lawren Harris
Coolidge is a better example of evolution than either Bryan or Darrow, for he knows when not to talk, which is the biggest asset the… — Will Rogers
There are some modern practitioners, who declaim against medical theory in general, not considering that to think is to theorize; and that no one can… — Erasmus Darwin
Beauty does not bring happiness to the one who possesses it, but to the one who loves and admires it. — Hermann Hesse
The law of humanity ought to be composed of the past, the present, and the future, that we bear within us; whoever possesses but one… — Edgar Quinet
Any political movement directed against any body of our fellow-citizens because of their religious creed is a grave offense against American principles and American institutions.… — Theodore Roosevelt
Based on our natural heritage as the Divine Light of God, every one of us possesses intuition... defined as the language of the soul. — James Van Praagh
Power is very much like the wind. It comes and goes; no one really owns it. People are foolish enough to think they possess power.… — Frederick Lenz
Any army which does not train to use all the weapons, all the means and methods of warfare that the enemy possesses, or may possess,… — Vladimir Lenin
The more a man possesses over and above what he uses, the more careworn he becomes. — George Bernard Shaw
Moralities and religions are the principal means by which one can make whatever one wishes out of man, provided one possesses a superfluity of creative… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Not the poem which we have read , but that to which we return , with the greatest pleasure, possesses the genuine power, and claims… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Some geopolitical conflicts are morally complicated. The Israel-Gaza war is not. It possesses a moral clarity not only rare but excruciating. [...] For Hamas, the… — Charles Krauthammer
Things may not be immediately discernible in what a man writes, and in this sometimes he is fortunate; but eventually they are quite clear and… — Ernest Hemingway
He does not possess wealth; it possesses him. — Benjamin Franklin
Love possesses not nor will it be possessed, for love is sufficient unto love. — Khalil Gibran
Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you. — Andre Gide
He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them, needs religion. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Go to foreign countries and you will get to know the good things one possesses at home. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise. — Christopher Columbus
It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning. — Salvador Dali
According to Inuit culture in Greenland, a person possesses six or seven souls. The souls take the form of tiny people scattered throughout the body. — Annie Dillard

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