#posse

The priest is Christ's slave, and Christ himself took the form of a slave and became obedient to death. So the priest in serving human needs lives a Godward life, possessed by God and witnessing that only when lives are utterly possessed by God do they find their true freedom. ↗

— Arthur Middleton

#christ #death #find #form #freedom

Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#discreetly #even #how #knows #possessor

We must have constantly present in our minds the difference between independence and liberty. Liberty is a right of doing whatever the laws permit, and if a citizen could do what they forbid he would no longer be possessed of liberty. ↗

— Charles Louis de Secondat Montesquieu

#citizen #constantly #could #difference #doing

You get very possessive about characters, you feel you can see it in your mind and you want to play it. ↗

— Samantha Morton

#characters #feel #get #mind #play

Hope is the only good that is common to all men; those who have nothing else possess hope still. ↗

— Thales

#else #good #hope #men #nothing

Lebanon is caught in a cycle of threats. And it is our duty to be strong and capable of defending our country. But we will not clarify or explain what we do or do not possess. ↗

— Hassan Nasrallah

#capable #caught #clarify #country #cycle

Considered now as a possession, one may define culture as the residuum of a large body of useless knowledge that has been well and truly forgotten. ↗

— Albert J. Nock

#body #considered #culture #define #forgotten

For a creative writer possession of the 'truth' is less important than emotional sincerity. ↗

— George Orwell

#emotional #important #less #possession #sincerity

Enlightened people seldom or never possess a sense of responsibility. ↗

— George Orwell

#never #people #possess #responsibility #seldom

Men are not great or small because of their material possessions. They are great or small because of what they are. ↗