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Possession Quotes by Eric Hoffer
- Faith, enthusiasm, and passionate intensity in general are substitutes for the self-confidence born of experience and the possession of skill. Where there is the necessary…
- Conservatism is sometimes a symptom of sterility. Those who have nothing in them that can grow and develop must cling to what they have in…
- Poverty when coupled with creativeness is usually free of frustration. This is true of the poor artisan skilled in his trade and of the poor…
- Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies…
- When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths.
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- The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been… — Albert Einstein
- Our desires always increase with our possessions. The knowledge that something remains yet unenjoyed impairs our enjoyment of the good before us. — Samuel Johnson
- Many of our miseries are merely comparative: we are often made unhappy, not by the presence of any real evil, but by… — Samuel Johnson
- It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a… — 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
- An anxious unrest, a fierce craving desire for gain has taken possession of the commercial world, and in instances no longer rare… — Felix Adler
- The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application. — Miguel de Cervantes
- The whole art of allowing the truth to take possession of you is of being vulnerable, of being open, of being in… — Rajneesh