#possession

Knowledge is that possession that no misfortune can destroy, no authority can revoke, and no enemy can control. This makes knowledge the greatest of all freedoms. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

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Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity. ↗

— George Meredith

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At no time are we ever in such complete possession of a journey, down to its last nook and cranny, as when we are busy with preparations for it. ↗

— Yukio Mishima

#complete #down #ever #journey #last

The greatest possession is self-possession. ↗

— Ethel Watts Mumford

#possession

The possession of arbitrary power has always, the world over, tended irresistibly to destroy humane sensibility, magnanimity, and truth. ↗

— Frederick Law Olmsted

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Reason is an action of the mind; knowledge is a possession of the mind; but faith is an attitude of the person. It means you are prepared to stake yourself on something being so. ↗

— Michael Ramsey

#attitude #being #faith #knowledge #means

Your most precious possession is not your financial assets. Your most precious possession is the people you have working there, and what they carry around in their heads, and their ability to work together. ↗

— Robert Reich

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The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace. ↗

— Carlos Santana

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Germany can generally only pay if the Corridor and Upper Silesia will be handed back to Germany from Polish possession, and if besides somewhere on the earth colonial territory will be made available to Germany. ↗

— Hjalmar Schacht

#back #besides #colonial #corridor #earth

If the egotist is weak, his egotism is worthless. If the egotist is strong, acute, full of distinctive character, his egotism is precious, and remains a possession of the race. ↗

— Alexander Smith

#character #distinctive #egotism #egotist #full