Possession Quotes

1254 Possession quotes by 873 unique authors

Aspiration sees only one side of every question; possession many. — James Russell Lowell
The reduction of the earth to an object simply for human's use/ possession is unthinkable in most traditional cultures... the earth belongs to itself and… — Thomas Berry
An apt and true reply was given to Alexander the Great by a pirate who had been seized. For when that king had asked the… — Saint Augustine
I personally think intellectual property is an oxymoron. Physical objects have a completely different natural economy than intellectual goods. It's a tricky thing to try… — John Perry Barlow
If this were so; if the desert were 'home'; if our instincts were forged in the desert; to survive the rigours of the desert -… — Bruce Chatwin
In the desert I had found a freedom unattainable in civilization; a life unhampered by possessions, since everything that was not a necessity was an… — Wilfred Thesiger
Truth is the greatest of all national possessions. A state, a people, a system which suppresses the truth or fears to publish it, deserves to… — Kurt Eisner
It is true that the aristocracies seem to have abused their monopoly of legal knowledge and at all events their exclusive possession of the law… — Henry James Sumner Maine
This faith, is not like a deed to a house in which one may live with full rights of possession. It is more like a… — Lloyd C. Douglas
I was initially cast as Corporal Hicks, and I was fired after a couple weeks of filming because I got busted for possession of drugs,… — James Remar
It is as great a crime to leave a woman alone in her agony and deny her relief from her suffering as it is to… — Grantly Dick-Read
Our days are numbered. One of the primary goals in our lives should be to prepare for our last day. The legacy we leave is… — Billy Graham
Material possessions and honors of the world do not endure. But your union as wife, husband, and family can. No sacrifice is too great to… — Russell M. Nelson
Possessions are a way of turning money into problems. — Brian Eno
A willingness to share our possessions with one another is a very important aspect of true biblical community. — Jerry Bridges
The world makes us look towards ourselves, our possessions, our desires.The Gospel invites us to be open to others, to share with the poor. — Pope Francis
The soul that is yielded to Christ becomes His own fortress, which He holds in a revolted world, and He intends that no authority shall… — Ellen G. White
I inhabited a territory of loneliness which resembles the place where the dying spend their time before death, and from where those who do return,… — Janet Frame
We must reverse this psychology (of needing guns for home defense). WE can do it by passing a law that says anyone found in possession… — Carl T. Rowan
Self-negation is noble, self-culture beneficent, self-possession is manly, but to the truly great and inspiring soul they are poor and tame compared with self-abuse. — Pope Julius II

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