Quotes about Possession
I almost envied him the possession of this modest and clear flame.
— Virginia Woolf
Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.
— Lao Tzu
To produce things and to rear them, To produce, but not to take possession of them, To act, but not to rely on one's own ability, To lead them, but not to master them - This is called profound and secret virtue.
— Lao Tzu
People who overly take care of their health are like misers. They hoard up a treasure which they never enjoy.
— Laurence Sterne
People who are always taking care of their health are like misers, who are hoarding a treasure which they have never spirit enough to enjoy.
— Laurence Sterne
In a word, as a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights.
— James Madison
One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.
— Thomas Jefferson
When men have hearts of stone and foreheads of brass—it is a sign that the devil has taken full possession of them.
— Thomas Watson
She had borne so long this cruelty of belonging to him and not being claimed by him.
— DH Lawrence
But,' Gerald insisted, 'you don't allow one man to take away his neighbour's living, so why should you allow one nation to take away the living from another nation?' There was a long slow murmur from Hermione before she broke into speech, saying with a laconic indifference: 'It is not always a question of possessions, is it?
— DH Lawrence
The soul seeks to retain its authority and move independently, while the spirit strives to possess and master everything for the maintenance of God's authority.
— Watchman Nee
The glory which God had in the beginning, even the unapproachable glory of God, was also the Son's glory. The Father and the Son exist equally and are equal in power and possession.
— Watchman Nee