Possession Quotes

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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. — Jane Austen
The possessors of wealth can scarcely be indifferent to processes which, nearly or remotely have been the fertile source of their possessions. — Charles Babbage
The repose of sleep refreshes only the body. It rarely sets the soul at rest. The repose of the night does not belong to us.… — Gaston Bachelard
Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul. — Francis Bacon
No people come into possession of a culture without having paid a heavy price for it. — James A. Baldwin
Why grab possessions like thieves, or divide them like socialists when you can ignore them like wise men? — Natalie Clifford Barney
First and foremost, the monk should own nothing in this world, but he should have as his possessions solitude of the body, modesty of bearing,… — Saint Basil
An anxious unrest, a fierce craving desire for gain has taken possession of the commercial world, and in instances no longer rare the most precious… — Felix Adler
Liberty: One of Imagination's most precious possessions. — Ambrose Bierce
Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them. — Napoleon Bonaparte
I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work. — Pearl S. Buck
Men and women should own the world as a mutual possession. — Pearl S. Buck
Strangely enough, they have a mind to till the soil, and the love of possessions is a disease in them. — Sitting Bull
The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it. — Anthony Burgess
We are not the sum of our possessions. — George H. W. Bush
The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even love itself. To love, therefore, is to sterilize the person… — Albert Camus
Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken. — Orson Scott Card
Man is, properly speaking, based upon hope, he has no other possession but hope; this world of his is emphatically the place of hope. — Thomas Carlyle
The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly… — Andrew Carnegie
The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application. — Miguel de Cervantes

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