#posse

Mathematicians may flatter themselves that they possess new ideas which mere human language is as yet unable to express. ↗

— James C. Maxwell

#flatter #human #human language #ideas #language

We really have to understand the person we want to love. If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love. If we only think of ourselves, if we know only our own needs and ignore the needs of the other person, we cannot love. ↗

— Nhat Hanh

#ignore #know #love #love is #needs

If we were to gain God's perspective, even for a moment, and were to look at the way we go through life accumulating and hoarding and displaying our things, we would have the same feelings of horror and pity that any sane person has when he views people in an asylum endlessly beating their heads against the wall. ↗

— Randy Alcorn

#christianity #clarity #display #hoarding #horror

I'm inspired by the sheer ingenuity and intelligence possessed by my fellow band mates. ↗

— Brad Delson

#fellow #i #ingenuity #inspired #intelligence

One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#hope #loves #never #occasion #possess

I was a little nervous backstage. But I had this book, Gandhi. I just read his quotes, closed my eyes and focused my thoughts. Presently, this book is my prized possession. ↗

— Nafisa Joseph

#book #closed #eyes #focused #gandhi

Yesterday morning I amused myself with an exercise of a talent I once possessed, but have so neglected that my performance might almost be called an experiment. I cut out a dress for one of the women. ↗

— Fanny Kemble

#amused #called #cut #dress #exercise

Oh, how great peace and quietness would he possess who should cut off all vain anxiety and place all his confidence in God. ↗

— Thomas a Kempis

#confidence #cut #god #great #his

Poets are soldiers that liberate words from the steadfast possession of definition. ↗

— Eli Khamarov

#definition #liberate #poets #possession #soldiers

I'm not possessive, I'm caring... Once you realize a person doesn't want that much care, you automatically back off. ↗

— Salman Khan

#back #care #caring #i #much