#posses

No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing. ↗

— Otto von Bismarck

#civilization #other #possessing #seeking #than

Poetry is a natural energy resource of our country.It has no energy crisis, possessing a potential that will last as long as the country. Its power is equal to that of any country in the world. ↗

— Richard Eberhart

#country #crisis #energy #equal #last

Nowadays the rage for possession has got to such a pitch that there is nothing in the realm of nature, whether sacred or profane, out of which profit cannot be squeezed. ↗

— Desiderius Erasmus

#got #nature #nothing #nowadays #out

God hates violence. He has ordained that all men fairly possess their property, not seize it. ↗

— Euripides

#god #hates #men #ordained #possess

The wavering mind is but a base possession. ↗

— Euripides

#mind #possession #wavering

Desire then is the invasion of the whole self by the wish, which, as it invades, sets going more and more of the psychical processes; but at the same time, so long as it remains desire, does not succeed in getting possession of the self. ↗

— Samuel Alexander

#does #getting #going #invades #invasion

To be able to give away riches is mandatory if you wish to possess them. This is the only way that you will be truly rich. ↗

— Muhammad Ali

#away #give #mandatory #only #possess

It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are they the result of previous study? ↗

— Jane Austen

#attentions #delicacy #flattering #happy #i

No people come into possession of a culture without having paid a heavy price for it. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

#culture #having #heavy #into #paid

Those who are possessed by nothing possess everything. ↗

— Morihei Ueshiba

#nothing #possess #possessed #those #who