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In the most intimate, hidden and innermost ground of the soul, God is always essentially, actively, and substantially present. Here the soul possesses everything by grace which God possesses by nature. ↗

— Johannes Tauler

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God too longs; and because the Absolute Life itself, which dwells in our life, and inspires these very longings, possesses the true world, and is that world. ↗

— Josiah Royce

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For me, each nuance of a color is in some way an individual, a being who is not only from the same race as the base color, but who definitely possesses a distinct character and personal soul. ↗

— Yves Klein

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The dynamic, creative present, however conditioned and restricted by the effects of prior presents, possesses genuine initiative. ↗

— Corliss Lamont

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Go to foreign countries and you will get to know the good things one possesses at home. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Torture is an impermissible evil. Except under two circumstances. The first is the ticking time bomb. An innocent's life is at stake. The bad guy you have captured possesses information that could save this life. He refuses to divulge. In such a case, the choice is easy. ↗

— Charles Krauthammer

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Talent is what you possess; genius is what possesses you. ↗

— Malcolm Cowley

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Hopefully, 21 years later, Judge Roberts possesses an openness with respect to issues of gender-based wage discrimination. ↗

— Olympia Snowe

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Whoever thinks that he alone has speech, or possesses speech or mind above others, when unfolded such men are seen to be empty. ↗

— Sophocles

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Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, as it is to its victims; the second it crushes, the first it intoxicates. The truth is, nobody really possesses it. ↗

— Simone Weil

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