#posses

In the land of my birth I cannot vote, whereas a young person of eighteen can vote. And why? Because he or she possesses that wonderful biological attribute - a white skin. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#because #biological #birth #cannot #eighteen

Her concern with landscapes and living creatures was passionate. This concern, feebly called, "the love of nature" seemed to Shevek to be something much broader than love. There are souls, he thought, whose umbilicus has never been cut. They never got weaned from the universe. They do not understand death as an enemy; they look forward to rotting and turning into humus. It was strange to see Takver take a leaf into her hand, or even a rock. She became an extension of it, it of her. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#fantasy #nature #science-fiction #the-dispossessed #death

I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which prefers her to the rest of her sex, and which seeks her possession as the supreme or the sole happiness of our being. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

#desire #female #friendship #happiness #her

Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

#despotism #fetters #freedom #our #possessions

Love possesses not nor will it be possessed, for love is sufficient unto love. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#love is #nor #possessed #possesses #sufficient

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#little #possessions #truly #you #your

Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#feelings #give #heart #much #overly

He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them, needs religion. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#does #needs #possess #possesses #religion

Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#hide #keep #must #possesses #secret

As I began to discover my own truth and endeavored to possess it with clarity, I became more and more alienated from that which my companions held, or professed to hold. ↗

— Juan Goytisolo

#became #began #clarity #companions #discover