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Malcolm Cowley
: Talent is what you possess; genius is what possesses you.
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Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this materialistic age a great many of us are possessed by our possessions.
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John Ruskin :
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Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness.
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Natalie Clifford Barney :
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Why grab possessions like thieves, or divide them like socialists when you can ignore them like wise men?
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Terence :
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I have everything, yet have nothing and although I possess nothing, still of nothing am I in want.
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Eunuchus Terence :
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I have everything, yet have nothing; and although I possess nothing, still of nothing am I in want.
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Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt :
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Possession, it is true, crowns exertion with rest; but it is only in the illusions of fancy that it has power to charm us.
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George Santayana :
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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.
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Joan Didion :
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Americans are uneasy with their possessions, guilty about power, all of which is difficult for Europeans to perceive because they are themselves so truly materialistic, so versed in the uses of power.
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Albert Einstein :
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Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury -- to me these have always been contemptible. I assume that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best for both the body and the mind
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Ralph Waldo Emerson :
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Some men are born to own, and can animate all their possessions. Others cannot: their owning is not graceful; seems to be a compromise of their character: they seem to steal their own dividends.
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Peace Pilgrim :
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Unnecessary possessions are unnecessary burdens. If you have them, you have to take care of them! There is great freedom in simplicity of living. It is those who have enough but not too much who are the happiest.
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![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=24356&author=Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt"e=++Possession%2C+it+is+true%2C+crowns+exertion+with+rest%3B+but+it+is+only+in+the+illusions+of+fancy+that+it+has+power+to+charm+us.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F562%2FKarl+Wilhelm+Von_Humboldt_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=24364&author=George Santayana"e=++Many+possessions%2C+if+they+do+not+make+a+man+better%2C+are+at+least+expected+to+make+his+children+happier%3B+and+this+pathetic+hope+is+behind+many+exertions.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F249%2FGeorge_Santayana_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=24351&author=Joan Didion"e=++Americans+are+uneasy+with+their+possessions%2C+guilty+about+power%2C+all+of+which+is+difficult+for+Europeans+to+perceive+because+they+are+themselves+so+truly+materialistic%2C+so+versed+in+the+uses+of+power.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F3319%2FJoan_Didion_64x64.png){kind=link}
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![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=24354&author=Ralph Waldo Emerson"e=++Some+men+are+born+to+own%2C+and+can+animate+all+their+possessions.+Others+cannot%3A+their+owning+is+not+graceful%3B+seems+to+be+a+compromise+of+their+character%3A+they+seem+to+steal+their+own+dividends.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F8029%2FRalph+Waldo+Emerson_64x64.png){kind=link}
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