“Rather than employing it as a supplement to active, conscious seeing, they used the medium as a substitute, paying less attention to the world than they had done previously, taking it on faith that photography automatically assured them possession of it.” WorldDoneUsedAttentionSeeingPhotographyConsciousPossessionActiveMediumsSubstitutesAssuredSupplementsEmploying Author:Alain de Botton
“All the controversialists who have become conscious of the real issue are already saying of our ideal exactly what used to be said of the Socialists' ideal. They are saying that private property is too ideal not to be impossible. They are saying that private enterprise is too good to be true. They are saying that the idea of ordinary men owning ordinary possessions is against the laws of political economy and requires an alteration in human nature.” MenHumansSaidIdeasRealLawPoliticalUsedPoliticsEconomyIssuesImpossibleHuman NatureOrdinaryConsciousIdealsPropertyPossessionUsed To BeBeing TrueLiberalismEnterprisePrivate PropertyOrdinary ManAlterationsPolitical EconomyPrivate EnterpriseToo Good To Be True Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“Misfortune sprinkles ashes on the head of the man, but falls like dew on the heart of the woman, and brings forth [gems] of strength of which she herself had no conscious possession.” MenHeartFallHe ManConsciousPossessionMisfortunesAshesDewGemsSprinkles Author:Anna Cora Mowatt
“The pious sectarian is proud because he is confident of his right of possession in God. The man of devotion is meek because he is conscious of God's right of love over his life and soul.” MenSoulHe ManProudConsciousPossessionDevotionPiousMeekSectarianism Book:The English Writings of Rabindranath Tagore: A miscellany Source: The English Writings of Rabindranath Tagore: A miscellany
“Fundamentalists believe that we don't believe in anything. In their view of the world, they are in possession of absolute certainties, while we are descending into decadence. We will be able to triumph over terrorism not by waging war on it, but through a conscious, fearless way of life.” WorldWayBelieveWarAbleViewsConsciousAbsolutesDon't BelievePossessionTerrorismCertaintyFearlessTriumphDecadenceDescendingAbsolute CertaintyWaging War Author:Salman Rushdie
“This was love at first sight, love everlasting: a feeling unknown, unhoped for, unexpected--in so far as it could be a matter of conscious awareness; it took entire possession of him, and he understood, with joyous amazement, that this was for life.” LoveFirstsMatterFeelingsAwarenessLove YouConsciousUnderstoodSightPossessionUnexpectedLove At First SightEverlastingJoyousFamous LoveAmazementConscious Awareness Book:Death in Venice: And Seven Other Stories Source: Death in Venice: And Seven Other Stories
“Love is a state of being, and in that state, the 'me', with its identifications, anxieties, and possessions is absent. Love cannot be, as long as the activities of the self, of the 'me', whether conscious or unconscious, continue to exist.” LongSelfStatesLove IsActivityAnxietyConsciousPossessionUnconsciousAbsentIdentification Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti
“So there is nothing to be proud of these worldly possessions. What you are to be proud of, or to be conscious of is your spirit. Spirit is the only thing that can kindle another spirit.” LoveWisdomSpiritMeditationProudConsciousYogaPossessionWellnessBe ProudWorldlyKindlesWorldly Possessions Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“The Buddha said that all conscious beings possess an enlightened nature. Because of that, we have this natural purity, peacefulness and power. We can rest the mind naturally because we are already in possession of these qualities. If one can rest the mind naturally, that's the best meditation.” IfsMindSaidNaturalQualityMeditationConsciousPossessionPurityEnlightenedPeacefulness Author:Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche