The science of loving, yes, that’s the only kind of science I want I’d barter away everything I possess to win it

The world of literature is a world of endless possibilities

A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.

You see what a poor sinner I am, and how unworthy to possess what was given me; for that reason it has been taken away.

Experts often possess more data than judgment.

Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future

He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time he looks at the object beloved, drawing from it with his eyes and his mind those virtues which it possesses.

At midnight it will end, quietly, suddenly, totally. Forever. But the hours between now and then are opportunities with eternal possibilities.

The most vital quality a soldier can possess is self-confidence, utter, complete and bumptious.

The state of man’s mind, or the elementary phase of mind which he so far possesses, conforms precisely to the state of the world as he so far views it.

I wish neither to possess nor to be possessed. I no longer covet ‘paradise’. More important, I no longer fear ‘hell’.

We exist only by virtue of what we possess, we possess only what is really present to us, and many of our memories, our moods, our ideas sail away on a voyage of their own until they are lost to sight!

Changes in societal structure and in art would possess more credibility if they had their origins in the soul and spirit. If people read the words of the prophets with closer attention, they would find the keys to life.

No political party can possibly lead a great revolutionary movement to victory unless it possesses revolutionary theory and knowledge of history and has a profound grasp of the practical movement.

Man’s happiness really lies in contentment. He who is discontented, however much he possesses, becomes a slave to his desires.

Love is the strongest force the world possesses.

When your desires are strong enough. You will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.

He does not possess wealth; it possesses him.

AN ASS having heard some Grasshoppers chirping, was highly enchanted; and, desiring to possess the same charms of melody, demanded what sort of food they lived on to give them such beautiful voices. They replied, “The dew.” The Ass resolved that he would live only upon dew, and in a short time died of hunger

He who possesses most must be most afraid of loss.