The repose of sleep refreshes only the body. It rarely sets the soul at rest. The repose of the night does not belong to us. It is not the possession of our being. Sleep opens within us an inn for phantoms. In the morning we must sweep out the shadows.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.

Marriage as an institution developed from rape as a practice. Rape originally defined as abduction became marriage by capture. Marriage meant the taking was to extend in time to be not only use of but possession of or ownership.

The desire for possession is insatiable to such a point that it can survive even love itself. To love therefore is to sterilize the person one loves.

Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible - it cannot be seen or measured yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment and offer you more joy than any material possession could.

It is true that the aristocracies seem to have abused their monopoly of legal knowledge and at all events their exclusive possession of the law was a formidable impediment to the success of those popular movements which began to be universal in the western world.

If no other knowledge deserves to be called useful but that which helps to enlarge our possessions or to raise our station in society then Mythology has no claim to the appellation.

Considered now as a possession one may define culture as the residuum of a large body of useless knowledge that has been well and truly forgotten.

There is no knowledge no light no wisdom that you are in possession of but what you have received it from some source.

Knowledge conquered by labor becomes a possession - a property entirely our own.

Knowledge is that possession that no misfortune can destroy no authority can revoke and no enemy can control. This makes knowledge the greatest of all freedoms.

It is not knowledge but the act of learning not possession but the act of getting there which grants the greatest enjoyment.

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.

Liberty: One of Imagination's most precious possessions.

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.

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.

I was one of those people who put too much emphasis on work and career and material possessions and it took its toll on all my relationships on my physical health my emotional and mental health.

All mankind... being all equal and independent no one ought to harm another in his life health liberty or possessions.

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.

Happiness is not a possession to be prized it is a quality of thought a state of mind.

Every man judges his own happiness and satisfaction with life in terms of his possession or lack of possession of those things that he considers worthwhile and valuable.