#posses

I never think of myself as wise. I think of myself as possessing a critical intelligence which I intend to allow to operate. ↗

— Harold Pinter

#critical #i #i think #intelligence #intend

Unlimited power corrupts the possessor. ↗

— William Pitt

#corrupts #possessor #power corrupts #unlimited #unlimited power

In the same manner if any nation wasted part of its wealth, or lost part of its trade, it could not retain the same quantity of circulating medium which it before possessed. ↗

— David Ricardo

#before #circulating #could #lost #manner

Already, in the last few decades, you have realized the utter futility of of encumbering yourselves with superfluous possessions that have no useful virtue, but which, for various sentimental reasons, you continue to hoard, thus lessening your life's efficiency by using for it time and attention that should have been applied to the practical work of life's accomplishments. (The Miracle of the Lily - 1928) ↗

— Clare Winger Harris

#material-possessions #materialism #possessions #uselessness #wasted-time

We have people who are healers and those who posses a certain animal magnetism. ↗

— Julian May

#certain #healers #magnetism #people #posses

Of all our possessions, wisdom alone is imortal. ↗

— Isocrates

#our #possessions #wisdom

No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good one's sentiments may be, if one has not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, one's character may remain entirely unaffected for the better. ↗

— William James

#advantage #better #character #concrete #entirely

So long as we can lose any happiness, we possess some. ↗

— Booth Tarkington

#any #long #lose #possess #some

Yesterday morning I amused myself with an exercise of a talent I once possessed, but have so neglected that my performance might almost be called an experiment. I cut out a dress for one of the women. ↗

— Fanny Kemble

#amused #called #cut #dress #exercise

Oh, how great peace and quietness would he possess who should cut off all vain anxiety and place all his confidence in God. ↗

— Thomas a Kempis

#confidence #cut #god #great #his