#possess

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

He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of the power to use them. ↗

— Charles Kingsley

#almost #every #except #gift #possess

We are told that the possession of nuclear weapons - in some cases even the testing of these weapons - is essential for national security. But this argument can be made by other countries as well. ↗

— Joseph Rotblat

#cases #countries #essential #even #made

A tree against the sky possesses the same interest, the same character, the same expression as the figure of a human. ↗

— Georges Rouault

#character #expression #figure #human #interest

The richness of the world, all artificial pleasures, have the taste of sickness and give off a smell of death in the face of certain spiritual possessions. ↗

— Georges Rouault

#certain #death #face #give #off

Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness. ↗

— John Ruskin

#increased #loads #new #possession #us

Throughout human history, the apostles of purity, those who have claimed to possess a total explanation, have wrought havoc among mere mixed-up human beings. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#apostles #beings #claimed #explanation #havoc

The response of anybody interested in liberty is that we all have a say and the ability to have an argument is exactly what liberty is, even though it may never be resolved. In any authoritarian society the possessor of power dictates, and if you try and step outside he will come after you. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#after #any #anybody #argument #authoritarian