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Possession Quotes

“A person who has during all time maintained the imposing position of spiritual head of four-fifths of the human race, and political head of the whole of it, must be granted the possession of executive abilities of the loftiest order.”

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Book:Short Stories And Sketches (Annotated Edition)
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“It is a principle of our nature that feelings once excited turn readily from the object by which they are excited to some other object which may for the time being take possession of the mind.”

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Book:Funeral Address Delivered at the Burial of President Lincoln: At Springfield, Illinois, May 4, 1865
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“In this society, the norm of masculinity is phallic aggression. Male sexuality is, by definition, intensely and rigidly phallic. A man's identity is located in his conception of himself as the possessor of a phallus; a man's worth is located in his pride in phallic identity. The main characteristic of phallic identity is that worth is entirely contingent on the possession of a phallus. Since men have no other criteria for worth, no other notion of identity, those who do not have phalluses are not recognized as fully human.”

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Author:Andrea Dworkin
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“Fie on possession, But if a man be vertuous withal.”

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Book:The Canterbury Tales ... From the Text and with the Notes and Glossary of Thomas Tyrwhitt, Condensed and Arranged Under the Text. A New Edition. [Edited by Thomas A. W. Buckley.] Illustrated by Edward Corbould
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“Errors and exaggerations do not matter. What matters is boldness in thinking with a strong-pitched voice, in speaking out about things as one feels them in the moment of speaking; in having the temerity to proclaim what one believes to be true without fear of the consequences. If one were to await the possession of the absolute truth, one must be either a fool or a mute. If the creative impulse were muted, the world would then be stayed on its march.”

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Author:Jose Clemente Orozco
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“Look at your own life. Has it become overly complex? Have you found yourself burdened by too many possessions or responsibilities? Take a deep breath and ask yourself: "What steps can I take to reduce the clutter so that I may live simply and joyously?"”

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Book:Words That Heal: Affirmations and Meditations for Daily Living
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“Many of the things that bring delight should not be owned. They are more enjoyed if another's, than if yours; the first day they give pleasure to the owner, but in all the rest to the others: what belongs to another rejoices doubly, because it is without the risk of going stale and with the satisfaction of freshness. . . the possession of things not only diminishes their enjoyment, but augments their annoyance, whether shared or not shared.”

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Author:Baltasar Gracian
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“Neither can men, by the same principles, be considered as lands, goods, or houses, among possessions. It is necessary that all property should be inferiour to its possessor. But how does the slave differ from his master, but by chance?”

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Book:Thomas Clarkson and Ottobah Cugoano: Essays on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species
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