“Nature has poured forth all things for the common use of all men. And God has ordained that all things should be produced that there might be food in common for all, and that the earth should be in the common possession of all. Nature created common rights, but usurpation has transformed them into private rights.” MenShouldUseMightEarthCommonRightsAll ThingsEnvironmentalPossessionTransformedUsurpation Author:Ambrose
“If yon wish to be like the gods on earth, to be free in the realms of the dead, pluck not the fruit from the garden! In appearance it may glisten to the eye; but the perishable pleasure of possession quickly avenges the curse of curiosity.” IfsMayEyeEarthWishPleasureGardenFruitCuriosityPossessionAppearanceTemptationCurseRealmsPluckGlisten Author:Friedrich Schiller
“All the territorial possessions of all the political establishments in the earth--including America, of course-- consist of pilferings from other people's wash. No tribe, howsoever insignificant, and no nation, howsoever mighty occupies a foot of land that was not stolen.” PeopleEarthAmericaPoliticalCoursesNationsFeetLandIncludingPossessionEstablishmentTribesConquestInsignificantStolenTerritorial Book:Following the Equator: Source: Following the Equator:
“My knowledge is, if you will follow the teachings of Jesus Christ and his Apostles, as recorded in the New Testament, every man and woman will be put in possession of the Holy Ghost. . . . They will know things that are, that will be, and that have been. They will understand things in heaven, things on the earth, and things under the earth, things of time, and things of eternity, according to their several callings and capacities.” IfsKnowsMenHas BeensEarthJesusHeavenChristTeachingHolyCallingMen And WomenJesus ChristCapacityEternityPossessionEvery ManGhostTestamentNew TestamentApostlesHoly Ghost Author:Brigham Young
“White and shining virgin of all human virtues, ark of the covenant between earth and heaven, tender and strong companion partaking of the lion and of the lamb, Prayer! Prayer will give you the key of heaven! Bold and pure as innocence, strong, like all that is single and simple, this glorious, invincible Queen rests, nevertheless, on the material world; she takes possession of it; like the sun, she clasps it in a circle of light.” WorldGivingHumansLightEarthStrongHeavenPrayerSimpleWhiteSunVirtueMaterialsKeysPureShiningPossessionCirclesInnocenceQueensGloriousCompanionLionsNeverthelessVirginsCovenantLambsInvincibleMaterial WorldArk Author:Honore de Balzac
“Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.” GivingHeartFeelingsEarthLiteratureToo MuchPossessionUnhappySensitiveSensitive Person Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“If there be a pleasure on earth which angels cannot enjoy, and which they might almost envy man the possession of, it is the power of relieving distress--if there be a pain which devils might pity man for enduring, it is the death-bed reflection that we have possessed the power of doing good, but that we have abused and perverted it to purposes of ill.” IfsMenMightEarthPainPurposeEnjoyPleasureBedReflectionDevilAngelCharityEndureIllPossessionEnvyPityPossessedDistressDoing GoodDeath Bed Book:L.P. Source: L.P.
“That dog is mine said those poor children; that place in the sun is mine; such is the beginning and type of usurpation throughout the earth. [Fr., Ce chien est a moi, disaient ces pauvres enfants; c'est la ma place au soleil. Voila le commencement et l'image de l'usurpation de toute la terre.]” ChildrenSaidEarthPoorSunDogMinesTypePossessionCommencementUsurpationPoor Children Author:Blaise Pascal
“Transiency is stamped on all our possessions, occupations, and delights. We have the hunger for eternity in our souls, the thought of eternity in our hearts, the destination for eternity written on our inmost being, and the need to ally ourselves with eternity proclaimed by the most short-lived trifles of time. Either these things will be the blessing or the curse of our lives. Which do yon mean that they shall be for you?” NeedsHeartMeanSoulEarthOur LivesWrittenBlessingEternityHungerDelightPossessionCurseDestinationOccupationAlliesTriflesShort Lived Book:The Book of Esther Source: The Book of Esther
“I wanted to visit the Capitol of our country, the center of our great civilization that stands like the sun in the solar system, sendin' out beams of power and wisdom and law and order, and justice and injustice, and money and oratory, and talk and talk, and wind and everything, to the uttermost points of our vast possessions, and from them clear to the ends of the earth.” EndsCountryWantedEarthLawOrderJusticeSunClearWindCivilizationInjusticePossessionOur CountryBeamLaw And OrderSolar SystemCapitolOratoryJustice And Injustice Author:Marietta Holley