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Possessing Quotes (page 5)

In many ways,' answered the wizard. 'It is far more powerful than I ever dared to think at first, so powerful that in the end it would utterly overcome anyone of mortal race who possessed it. It would possess him. J. R. R. Tolkien
Have you reckon'd a thousand acres much? have you reckon'd the earth much? Have you practis'd so long to learn to read? Have you felt so proud to get at the meaning of poems? Stop this day and night with me and you shall possess the origin of all poems, You shall possess the good of the earth and sun, (there are millions of suns left,) You shall no longer take things at second or third hand, nor look through the eyes of the dead, nor feed on the spectres in books, You shall not look through... Walt Whitman
We cannot arrive at the perfect possession of God in this life, and that is why we are travelling and in darkness. But we already possess Him by grace, and therefore in that sense we have arrived and are dwelling in the light. But oh! How far have I to go to find You in Whom I have already arrived! Thomas Merton
(Those who) possessed in highest degree the attributes (of the Tao) did not (seek) to show them, and therefore they possessed them (in fullest measure). Lao Tzu
It appears that ordinary men take wives because possession is not possible without marriage, and that ordinary women accept husbands because marriage is not possible without possession Thomas Hardy
Each of us have things and thoughts and descriptions of an amazing universe in our possession that kings in the 17th Century would have gone to war to possess. Kary Mullis
The priest is Christ's slave, and Christ himself took the form of a slave and became obedient to death. So the priest in serving human needs lives a Godward life, possessed by God and witnessing that only when lives are utterly possessed by God do they find their true freedom. Arthur Middleton
Instead, it appears to be a particular mark of beauty that it is considered with tranquil satisfaction; that it pleases if we also do not possess it and we are still far removed from demanding to possess it. Moses Mendelssohn
Billy Graham quote: "There is nothing wrong with men possessing riches. The wrong..."
There is nothing wrong with men possessing riches. The wrong comes when riches possess men. Billy Graham
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not..."
He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them, needs religion. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Andre Gide quote: "Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are..."
Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you. Andre Gide
Khalil Gibran quote: "Love possesses not nor will it be possessed, for love is..."
Love possesses not nor will it be possessed, for love is sufficient unto love. Khalil Gibran
Benjamin Franklin quote: "He does not possess wealth; it possesses him."
He does not possess wealth; it possesses him. Benjamin Franklin
People who get through life dependent on other people's possessions are always the first to lecture you on how little possessions count. Ben Elton
John Dryden quote: "They that possess the prince possess the laws."
They that possess the prince possess the laws. John Dryden

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