#possess

Sharp nostalgia, infinite and terrible, for what I already possess. ↗

— Juan Ramon Jimenez

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Of all our possessions, wisdom alone is imortal. ↗

— Isocrates

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No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good one's sentiments may be, if one has not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, one's character may remain entirely unaffected for the better. ↗

— William James

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So long as we can lose any happiness, we possess some. ↗

— Booth Tarkington

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We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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

— Salman Khan

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Nashville is the place where I first realized how impossible it is to look at someone and know what is inside them, what special something they possess. ↗

— Callie Khouri

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I grew with it, and I used to go to see the monks, who had no possessions, even more extreme than my mother. ↗

— Satish Kumar

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That means that every human being - without distinction of sex, age, race, skin color, language, religion, political view, or national or social origin - possesses an inalienable and untouchable dignity. ↗

— Hans Kung

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There was a period when I believed stuff meant something. I thought that if you had matching side chairs and a sofa that harmonized and some beautiful lamps to light them you would have a home, that elegance signaled happiness. ↗

— Anna Quindlen

#stuff #things #beauty