#possession

Of all possessions a friend is the most precious. ↗

— Herodotus

#most #possessions #precious

After all my possessions had been burned, God gave me the wisdom to return to Jerusalem. ↗

— Shmuel Y. Agnon

#been #burned #gave #god #had

Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible - it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could. ↗

— Barbara de Angelis

#any #cannot #could #enough #force

Indeed, whenever a new idea is developed, as for example ballooning, warfare immediately takes possession. ↗

— Fredrik Bajer

#example #for example #idea #immediately #indeed

Nothing retains less of desire in art, in science, than this will to industry, booty, possession. ↗

— Andre Breton

#booty #desire #industry #less #nothing

I love things made out of animals. It's just so funny to think of someone saying, "I need a letter opener. I guess I'll have to kill a deer. ↗

— David Sedaris

#deer #possessions #funny

A child's appetite for new toys appeal to the desire for ownership and appropriation: the appeal of toys comes to lie not in their use but in their status as possessions. ↗

— Christopher Lasch

#appetite #appropriation #child #comes #desire

Possession isn't nine-tenths of the law. It's nine-tenths of the problem. ↗

— John Lennon

#nine-tenths #possession #problem

All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions. ↗

— John Locke

#being #equal #harm #health #his

It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of the truth. ↗

— John Locke

#error #him #man #one thing #possession