“It is a little remarkable, that - though disinclined to talk overmuch of myself and my affairs at the fireside, and to my personal friends - an autobiographical impulse should twice in my life have taken possession of me, in addressing the public.” ShouldLittlesBookTakenAffairPossessionImpulseRemarkable Book:CliffsComplete The Scarlet Letter Source: CliffsComplete The Scarlet Letter
“Now, where a man in this church says, 'I don't want but one wife, I will live my religion with one,' he will perhaps be saved in the Celestial kingdom; but when he gets there he will not find himself in possession of any wife at all. He has had a talent that he has hid up. He will come forward and say, 'Here is that which thou gavest me, I have not wasted it, and here is the one talent,' and he will not enjoy it but it will be taken and given to those who have improved the talents they received, and he will find himself without any wife, and he will remain single forever and ever.” MenWantGivenEnjoyChurchForeverTakenWifeTalentPossessionSavedKingdomsCelestial Author:Brigham Young
“If a chieftain or a man leave his house, garden, and field and hires it out, and some one else takes possession of his house, garden, and field and uses it for three years; if the first owner return and claims his house, garden, and field, it shall not be given to him, but he who has taken possession of it and used it shall continue to use it.” IfsMenYearsFirstsUseUsedThreeHouseGivenTakenFieldsReturnGardenClaimsPossessionOwnersThree Years Author:Hammurabi
“It was not so much that I was doing mathematics, but rather that mathematics had taken possession of me.” TakenMathematicsPossession Author:Stanislaw Ulam
“Less and less frequently do we encounter people with the ability to tell a tale properly. More and more often there is embarrassment all around when the wish to hear a story is expressed. It is as if something that seemed inalienable to us, the securest among our possessions, were taken from us: the ability to exchange our experiences...Experience has fallen in value. And it looks as if it is continuing to fall into bottomlessness.” PeopleIfsLooksStoriesValuesFallWishAbilityTakenPossessionTalesFallenEncountersContinuingIdealismEmbarrassment Author:Walter Benjamin
“The only conclusive evidence of a man's sincerity is that he gives himself for a principle. Words, money, all things else, are comparatively easy to give away; but when a man makes a gift of his daily life and practice, it is plain that the truth, whatever it may be, has taken possession of him.” MenGivingMayEasyPrinciplesPracticeTakenEvidenceAll ThingsPossessionDaily LifeSincerity Book:Among My Books: Six Essays Source: Among My Books: Six Essays
“One could even argue that we have a duty to create and pass on stories about choice because once a person knows such stories, they can't be taken away from him. He may lose his possessions, his home, his loved ones, but if he holds on to a story about choice, he retains the ability to practice choice.” IfsKnowsMayPersonsStoriesHomeChoicesLosesAbilityPracticeTakenDutyPossessionArguingLoved Ones Author:Sheena Iyengar
“Let those possess the land, and only those, Who love it with a love so strong and stupid That they may be abused and taken advantage of And made fun of by business, law, and art.” LoveMayArtMadeLawStrongFunTakenLandStupidAdvantagePossessionTaken Advantage Book:Robert Frost, a tribute to the source Source: Robert Frost, a tribute to the source