It is with literature as with law or empire — an established name is an estate in tenure, or a throne in possession.
Whoever is not in the possession of leisure can hardly be said to possess independence.
The admiration of a quality or of an art may be so strong as to deter us from aspiring to possess that quality or art.
To be perfectly happy it does not suffice to possess happiness, it is necessary to have deserved it.
The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.
Imagine no possessions I wonder if you can No need for greed or hunger A brotherhood of man Imagine all the people Sharing all the world…
He who possesses most must be most afraid of loss.
He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them, needs religion.
He does not possess Wealth, it possesses him.
Go to foreign countries and you will get to know the good things one possesses at home.
As long as there are sovereign nations possessing great power, war is inevitable.