Quotes About Possession

The greatest value among the objects of human property, not only among precious stones, is due to the diamond, for a long time known only to kings and even to very few of these.

An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.

When one has achieved the object of one's desires, it is evident that one's real desire was not the ignorant possession of the desired object but to know it as possessed--as actually contemplated, as within one.

After giving marriage such traits of reserve and decorum, he none the less freed men from the empty and womanish passion of jealous possession, by making it honourable for them, while keeping the marriage relation free from all wanton irregularities, to share with other worthy men in the begetting of children

Sandesh's older sister had sworn to kill him if he touched this album,

Kebahagiaan orang jang punja ialah mengamalkan kepunjaannya jang dipandangnja kurang dibutuhkannja kepada orang jang terlalu membutuhinja tapi tak kuasa mempunjainja.

Kärleken är ett helhetskrav, vare sig den är smärtsam oro eller lycklig åtrå... Man älskar bara det man inte äger helt.

We must take possession, in the name of the people, of the granaries, the shops full of clothing, and the dwelling-houses. Nothing must be wasted. We must organize without delay a way to feed the hungry, to satisfy all wants, to meet all needs, to produce not for the special benefit of this one or that one, but so as to ensure to society as a whole its life and further development.

By what right then can any one whatever appropriate the least morsel of this immense whole and say--This is mine, not yours?

and Satan said, This is not possession, if it were, you would do what I tell you and not refuse my counsel, for I am no creature of mere light, I am of fire born, fire of fire, the blood in the veins of the world is lit up by my flame, I am life's primal force, you are the child at the end of the diving board afraid to jump into the pool...

Poems On Love Love adorns itself; it seeks to prove inward joy by outward beauty. Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom. Love is an endless mystery, for it has nothing else to explain it. Love's gift cannot be given, it waits to be accepted.

Love does not claim possession but gives freedom.

the authors he has himself discovered are his own exclusive territory, like the saloon compartment of a special train.

I WOULD ask for still more, if I had the sky with all its stars, and the world with its endless riches; but I would be content with the smallest corner of this earth if only she were mine

Shopping figures as the antithesis of property in this sense, in that it represents a pure mobility of selves and objects. One moment you are this, have this; the next you move on. In this slide from the compulsory to the compulsive, there are no duties, no continuities, no consequences and no history, only a succession of shopping instants.

What she couldn't stand, she said, was pretence of any kind, especially the pretence of desire, wherein someone feigned the need to possess her wholly when in fact what he wanted was to use her temporarily.

Talvez que o amor da morte seja como o amor por homem, e a gente só se satisfaça, só se console e se cure depois de possuída e extenuada.

I think someone just marked his territory.

I don't even own a bike.

My worst buy has always been cars and boats. I used to own two Ferraris, but as much as they're beautiful, they're a waste of money.

I can tell when my brother's been borrowing my CDs.

When resources become skimpy, human beings don't suddenly cooperate to conserve what's left. They fight to the last scrap for possession of a diminishing resource.

Our style of play is increasingly based on possession of the ball. It suits me as a forward. We've got an attacking approach, and that means that I get a lot of chances; otherwise, I would have not been able to score so many goals.

Drew is a shopaholic. He must have 400 suits and 180 pairs of shoes. I have three pairs of jeans, and that's it. I shop in his closet and take anything I want.