I have always held the religion of Muhammad in high estimation because of its wonderful vitality. It is the only religion which appears to me to possess that assimilating capacity to the changing phase of existence which can make itself appeal to every age. I have studied him - the wonderful man and in my opinion far from being an anti-Christ, he must be called the Savior of Humanity.
Every man has by nature the right to possess property as his own.
An It bag is an It bag, only if you’re unlikely to possess it.
They that possess the prince possess the laws.
The Gospel which we possess was not given to us only to be admired, talked of, and professed - but to be practiced.
A good man will certainly also possess courage; but a brave man is not necessarily good.
The hostility perpetually exercised between one man and another, is caused by the desire of many for that which only few can possess. Every man would be rich, powerful, and famous; yet fame, power, and riches, are only the names of relative conditions, which imply the obscurity, dependence, and poverty of greater numbers.
Experts often possess more data than judgment.
Nearly all the wisdom we possess, that is to say, true and sound wisdom, consists of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves.
When the flesh presents thee with delights, then present thyself with dangers; where the world possesses thee with vain hopes, there possess thyself with true fear; when the devil brings thee oil, bring thou vinegar. The way to be safe is never to be secure.
An emotional man may possess no humor, but a humorous man usually has deep pockets of emotion, sometimes tucked away or forgotten.
Much male fear of feminism is the fear that, in becoming whole human beings, women will cease to mother men, to provide the breast, the lullaby, the continuous attention associated by the infant with the mother. Much male fear of feminism is infantilism–the longing to remain the mother’s son, to possess a woman who exists purely for him.
whereas there are many people in the world who can give life to others, there are but few who can help others to possess it.
Someday in the distant cyborg future, when our internal and external memories fully merge, we may come to possess infinite knowledge. But that's not the same thing as wisdom.
One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.
There are many kinds of beauty as people who possess it.
To generalize is to be an idiot. To particularize is the alone distinction of merit. General knowledge are those knowledge that idiots possess.
Happiness is not found in things you possess, but in what you have the courage to release.
The qualities we possess should never be a matter for satisfaction, but the qualities we have discarded.
We possess only the happiness we able to understand.