#possession

For a creative writer possession of the 'truth' is less important than emotional sincerity. ↗

— George Orwell

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Men are not great or small because of their material possessions. They are great or small because of what they are. ↗

— James Cash Penney

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Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this materialistic age a great many of us are possessed by our possessions. ↗

— Peace Pilgrim

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To attain inner peace you must actually give your life, not just your possessions. When you at last give your life - bringing into alignment your beliefs and the way you live then, and only then, can you begin to find inner peace. ↗

— Peace Pilgrim

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I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions. ↗

— Plutarch

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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 are not the sum of our possessions. ↗

— George H. W. Bush

#possessions #sum

Of all our possessions, wisdom alone is imortal. ↗

— Isocrates

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I was a little nervous backstage. But I had this book, Gandhi. I just read his quotes, closed my eyes and focused my thoughts. Presently, this book is my prized possession. ↗

— Nafisa Joseph

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Poets are soldiers that liberate words from the steadfast possession of definition. ↗

— Eli Khamarov

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