#posse

It is better to believe that a man does possess good qualities than to assert that he does not. ↗

— John Francis Davis

#believe #better #does #good #good qualities

We are told that we cannot lose external goods because we never really had them. The beauty of fields or gems is a real good, but it is theirs, not ours. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#beauty

A person possessed with an idea cannot be reasoned with. ↗

— James Anthony Froude

#idea #person #possessed #reasoned

A man can only attain knowledge with the help of those who possess it. This must be understood from the very beginning. One must learn from him who knows. ↗

— George Gurdjieff

#beginning #help #him #knowledge #knows

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

#being #character #color #definitely #distinct

I will place no value on anything I have or may possess except in relation to the kingdom of Christ. ↗

— David Livingstone

#christ #except #i #kingdom #may

The violinist must possess the poet's gift of piercing the protective hide which grows on propagandists, stockbrokers and slave traders, to penetrate the deeper truth which lies within. ↗

— Yehudi Menuhin

#gift #grows #hide #lies #must

And, of course, it must be asked: is it proper to transact with the Turks for the most reassured of Greek possessions when Greece is under Turkish invasion and subjugation? ↗

— Melina Mercouri

#course #greece #greek #invasion #most

It is of the greatest importance that people and governments in many more countries than ours should realize that it is more dangerous to have access to nuclear arms than not to possess them. ↗

— Alva Myrdal

#arms #countries #dangerous #governments #greatest

Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who posses it; and this I know, my lords: that where law ends, tyranny begins. ↗

— William Pitt

#begins #corrupt #ends #i #know