Possess

Famous quotes containing the word possess:

“Whenever a youth is ascertained to possess talents meriting an education which his parents cannot afford, he should be carried forward at the public expense.”
—James Madison (1751–1836)

“To get power over is to defile. To possess is to defile.”
—Simone Weil (1909–1943)

“Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)