#possession

Knowledge is that possession that no misfortune can destroy, no authority can revoke, and no enemy can control. This makes knowledge the greatest of all freedoms. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

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Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity. ↗

— George Meredith

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The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery. ↗

— Anais Nin

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The possession of arbitrary power has always, the world over, tended irresistibly to destroy humane sensibility, magnanimity, and truth. ↗

— Frederick Law Olmsted

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The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal. ↗

— Sallust

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If the egotist is weak, his egotism is worthless. If the egotist is strong, acute, full of distinctive character, his egotism is precious, and remains a possession of the race. ↗

— Alexander Smith

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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you. ↗

— Andre Gide

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But when I direct I become possessed, a possession I've never quite understood. ↗

— Ted Kotcheff

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The United States have no possessions in the east and do not desire to have any, as other countries do. ↗

— Townsend Harris

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When the unwelcome little unborn shall have seen the light my brain will be lightened, and I shall have a clearer mind. Thank God that even this weary nine months shall come to an end and leave me in possession of my own body and my own soul. ↗

— Julia Ward Howe

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