Possession Quotes

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It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly. — Bertrand Russell
Liberals feel unworthy of their possessions. Conservatives feel they deserve everything they've stolen. — Mort Sahl
The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace. — Carlos Santana
I like to walk about among the beautiful things that adorn the world; but private wealth I should decline, or any sort of personal possessions,… — George Santayana
Many possessions, if they do not make a man better, are at least expected to make his children happier; and this pathetic hope is behind… — George Santayana
Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour. — Arthur Schopenhauer
When you look at it that way, you can see how absurd it is that we individualize ourselves with our fences and hoarded possessions. — Morrie Schwartz
I was one of those people who put too much emphasis on work and career and material possessions, and it took its toll on all… — Tony Shalhoub
Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old road of observation, attention, perseverance, and industry. — Samuel Smiles
If the egotist is weak, his egotism is worthless. If the egotist is strong, acute, full of distinctive character, his egotism is precious, and remains… — Alexander Smith
As photographs give people an imaginary possession of a past that is unreal, they also help people to take possession of space in which they… — Susan Sontag
A man's 'original and natural right' to make all contracts that are 'intrinsically obligatory,' and to coerce the fulfillment of them, is one of the… — Lysander Spooner
Your most precious, valued possessions and your greatest powers are invisible and intangible. No one can take them. You, and you alone, can give them.… — W. Clement Stone
Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom. — Rabindranath Tagore
To me the ego is the habitual and compulsive thought processes that go through everybody's mind continuously. External things like possessions or memories or failures… — Eckhart Tolle
To have the truth in your possession you can be found guilty, sentenced to death. — Peter Tosh
Happiness, true happiness, is an inner quality. It is a state of mind. If your mind is at peace, you are happy. If your mind… — Dada Vaswani
Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got… — George Washington
I have come slowly into possession of such powers as I have. I receive the opinions of my day. I do not conceive them. But… — Woodrow Wilson
A nation's poets are its true owners; and by the stroke of the pen they convey the title-deeds of its real possessions to strangers and… — George Edward Woodberry
Material possessions, winning scores, and great reputations are meaningless in the eyes of the Lord, because He knows what we really are and that is… — John Wooden
There is no knowledge, no light, no wisdom that you are in possession of, but what you have received it from some source. — Brigham Young
No human relation gives one possession in another—every two souls are absolutely different. In friendship or in love, the two side by side raise hands… — Khalil Gibran
MR. KHARIS: 'Does Mr. Celine seriously suggest that the United States Government is in need of a guardian?' MR. CELINE: 'I am merely offering a… — Robert Anton Wilson
If only it were possible to love without injury – fidelity isn’t enough: I had been faithful to Anne and yet I had injured her.… — Graham Greene

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