#posse

Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom. ↗

— Rabindranath Tagore

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The problem is not that America does not have energy. The problem is that our government - alone among the governments of the world - will not allow its own people to recover the energy that they possess. ↗

— Jim Talent

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To succeed in the world, it is much more necessary to possess the penetration to discern who is a fool, than to discover who is a clever man. ↗

— Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

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The tenacious character I've possessed since I was a small child propelled me to successfully meet this challenge, and I was able to safely gain acceptance to the university of my choice. ↗

— Koichi Tanaka

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In the most intimate, hidden and innermost ground of the soul, God is always essentially, actively, and substantially present. Here the soul possesses everything by grace which God possesses by nature. ↗

— Johannes Tauler

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I adore wearing gems, but not because they are mine. You can't possess radiance, you can only admire it. ↗

— Elizabeth Taylor

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No one worth possessing can be quite possessed. ↗

— Sara Teasdale

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Riches get their value from the mind of the possessor; they are blessings to those who know how to use them, and curses to those who do not. ↗

— Terence

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Do you think it is only a little thing to possess a house from which lovely things can be seen? ↗

— Saint Teresa

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Whatever talents I possess may suddenly diminish or suddenly increase. I can with ease become an ordinary fool. I may be one now. But it doesn't do to upset one's own vanity. ↗

— Dylan Thomas

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