“A theologian should be thoroughly in possession of the basis and source of faith--that is to say, the Holy Scriptures. Armed with this knowledge it was that I confounded and silenced all my adversaries; for they seek not to fathom and understand the Scriptures; they run them over negligently and drowsily; they speak, they write, they teach, according to the suggestion of their heedless imaginations.” ShouldWritingRunningSpeakImaginationTeachSourceHolyBasesPossessionScriptureSuggestionsTheologianAdversariesFathomHoly Scriptures Book:Martin Luther's Table Talk Source: Martin Luther's Table Talk
“Earthly possessions dazzle our eyes and delude us into thinking that they can provide security and freedom from anxiety. Yet all the time they are the very source of anxiety.” ThinkingEyeSecuritySourceAnxietyPossessionDazzleSecurity And FreedomEarthly Possessions Book:The Cost of Discipleship Source: The Cost of Discipleship
“the principal sources of human misery may fairly be said to lie in the over-possession, under-possession, and the unwise use of economic goods.” HumansMaySaidUseLyingEconomicSourceEconomicsMiseryPossessionGoodsPrincipalUnwise Author:Georgia Harkness
“If I were poet now, I would not resist the temptation to trace my life back through the delicate shadows of my childhood to the precious and sheltered sources of my earliest memories. But these possessions are far too dear and sacred for the person I now am to spoil for myself. All there is to say of my childhood is that it was good and happy. I was given the freedom to discover my own inclinations and talents, to fashion my inmost pleasures and sorrows myself and to regard the future not as an alien higher power but as the hope and product of my own strength.” IfsPersonsGivenMemoriesMy OwnPleasureChildhoodTalentFashionPoetProductsSourceHigherSorrowShadowRegardSacredDearPossessionTemptationAliensDelicateInclinationSpoilHigher Power Author:Hermann Hesse
“Great master Lao Tzu says that 'The Master has no possessions. The more he does for others, the happier he is. The more he gives to others, the wealthier he is.' Giving is indeed a very good source of happiness! One of the best treasures a man can give to someone is a good and sound idea; because birds can ascend into the sky only with wings, and men, only with good and sound ideas!” MenGivingDoeIdeasHappinessSoundSkyMastersSourceBirdWingsVery GoodPossessionTreasureSource Of HappinessLaosLao Tzu Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“The possessors of wealth can scarcely be indifferent to processes which, nearly or remotely have been the fertile source of their possessions.” Has BeensProcessWealthSourcePossessionIndifferentFertile Book:On The Economy Of Machinery And Manufactures Source: On The Economy Of Machinery And Manufactures
“For men to plunge headlong into an undertaking of vast change, they must be intensely discontented yet not destitute, and they must have the feeling that by the possession of some potent doctrine, infallible leader or some new technique they have access to a source of irresistible power.” MenFeelingsLeaderSourcePossessionTechniqueAccessDoctrineIrresistibleUndertakingsPlungeInfallibleDestitute Author:Eric Hoffer
“There is no knowledge, no light, no wisdom that you are in possession of, but what you have received it from some source.” WisdomLightKnowledgeSourcePossession Author:Brigham Young