#possess

Evil, and evil spirits, devils and devil possession, are the outgrowth of man's inadequate consciousness of God. We must avoid thinking of evil as a thing in itself - a force that works against man or, against God, if you will. ↗

— Eric Butterworth

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See the things you want as already yours. Think of them as yours, as belonging to you, as already in your possession. ↗

— Robert Collier

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Life isn't something you possess. It's something you take part in, and you witness. ↗

— Louis C. K.

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If one considered life as a simple loan, one would perhaps be less exacting. We possess actually nothing; everything goes through us. ↗

— Eugene Delacroix

#considered #everything #exacting #goes #less

A man possesses talent; genius possesses the man. ↗

— Isaac Stern

#man #possesses #talent

The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same time. ↗

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

#devil #dull #jealous #mad #possessed

When something possesses me, I go ahead and do it. ↗

— Ang Lee

#go #i #me #possesses #something

The only real security is not in owning or possessing, not in demanding or expecting, not in hoping, even. Security in a relationship lies neither in looking back to what it was, nor forward to what it might be, but living in the present and accepting it as it is now. ↗

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions. ↗

— John Locke

#being #equal #harm #health #his

It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of the truth. ↗

— John Locke

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