I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent than in the extent of my power and possessions.

One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises.

The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.

All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire but my heart is all my own.

I have experienced jealousy possessiveness verbal abuse and violence from men but I have also experienced jealousy possessiveness verbal abuse and violence from women usually when I failed to respond to their advances.

The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same time.

I'm inspired by the sheer ingenuity and intelligence possessed by my fellow band mates.

There is no one who possesses intelligence and uses reflection who does not understand that it is one Being who both created all things and governs them with the same energy by which He created them.

But some actors I have met possess an intelligence that I can only dream of. It's about character it's about behavior. They understand things about people that I simply don't see.

The employer class is less indispensable in the modern organization of industries because the laboring men themselves possess sufficient intelligence to organize into co-operative relation and enjoy the entire benefits of their own labor.

I never think of myself as wise. I think of myself as possessing a critical intelligence which I intend to allow to operate.

Liberty: One of Imagination's most precious possessions.

Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise gratifies its curiosity and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed.

Roosevelt's humor was broad his manner friendly. Of wit there was little of philosophy none. What did he possess? Intuition inspiration love of adventure.

Never say a humorous thing to a man who does not possess humor. He will always use it in evidence against you.

The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth.

An emotional man may possess no humor but a humorous man usually has deep pockets of emotion sometimes tucked away or forgotten.

If we hope for what we are not likely to possess we act and think in vain and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is.

Many possessions if they do not make a man better are at least expected to make his children happier and this pathetic hope is behind many exertions.

Man is properly speaking based upon hope he has no other possession but hope this world of his is emphatically the place of hope.

I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles the character of an honest man.

One loves to possess arms though they hope never to have occasion for them.

Every time I took a long leave from home I felt as if I were going to conquer the world. Or rather take possession of what is my birthright my inheritance.

Throughout human history the apostles of purity those who have claimed to possess a total explanation have wrought havoc among mere mixed-up human beings.