Quotes:It is oft commented that by the time we are wise we do not
possess the physical attributes to be able to make the most of what we have learned - the tragedy of life.
View quotes by Frank FreasWorks of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to
possess internal order, and that is why, though I don't believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Art's sake.
View quotes by E M ForsterFirmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to
possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.
View quotes by Robert BurnsTrue debauchery is liberating because it creates no obligations. In it you
possess only yourself; hence it remains the favourite pastime of the great lovers of their own person.
View quotes by Albert CamusA community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful
possess.
View quotes by A Philip RandolphWatchfulness is the only guard against cunning. Be intent on his intentions. Many succeed in making others do their own affairs, and unless you
possess the key to their motives you may at any moment be forced to take their chestnuts out of the fire to the damage of your own fingers.
View quotes by Baltasar GracianHonesty is the rarest wealth anyone can
possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread.
View quotes by Josh BillingsIraq is not the only nation in the world to
possess weapons of mass destruction, but it is the only nation with a leader who has used them against his own people.
View quotes by Tom DaschleUse what talent you
possess - the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.
View quotes by Henry Van DykeWhatever talents I
possess may suddenly diminish or suddenly increase. I can with ease become an ordinary fool. I may be one now. But it doesn't do to upset one's own vanity.
View quotes by Dylan ThomasThe Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans
possess over the people of almost every other nation where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.
View quotes by James MadisonAll endeavour calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan, endure the last hours toil. The fight to the finish spirit is the one... characteristic we must
possess if we are to face the future as finishers.
View quotes by Henry David ThoreauA picture must
possess a real power to generate light and for a long time now I've been conscious of expressing myself through light or rather in light.
View quotes by Henri MatisseTalk to the point, and stop when you have reached it. The faculty some
possess of making one idea cover a quire of paper is not good for much. Be comprehensive in all you say or write. To fill a volume upon nothing is a credit to nobody; though Lord Chesterfield wrote a very clever poem upon nothing
View quotes by John NealBoth matter and radiation
possess a remarkable duality of character, as they sometimes exhibit the properties of waves, at other times those of particles. Now it is obvious that a thing cannot be a form of wave motion and composed of particles at the same time - the two concepts are too different
View quotes by Werner HeisenbergHe was one of those men who
possess almost every gift, except the gift of the power to use them
View quotes by Charles KingsleyDon't be buffaloed by experts and elites. Experts often
possess more data than judgment. Elites can become so inbred that they produce haemophiliacs who bleed to death as soon as they are nicked by the real world.
View quotes by Colin PowellGenerosity is nothing else than a craze to
possess. All which I abandon, all which I give, I enjoy in a higher manner through the fact that I give it away. To give is to enjoy
possessively the object which one gives.
View quotes by Jean Paul SartreYou are the lens in the beam. You can only receive, give, and
possess the light as the lens does.
If you seek yourself, you rob the lens of its transparency. You will know life and be acknowledged by it according to your degree of transparency, your capacity, that is, to vanish as an end, and remain purely as a means.
View quotes by Dag HammarskjoldThere is nothing wrong with men
possessing riches. The wrong comes when riches
possess men.
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