Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope. Few are reduced so low as that.

Use what talents you possess the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.

I think Whitman more than any other poet possessed the gift of revealing to others the beauty of everything around us the beauty of nature the beauty of human beings.

Instead it appears to be a particular mark of beauty that it is considered with tranquil satisfaction that it pleases if we also do not possess it and we are still far removed from demanding to possess it.

What is important then is not that the critic should possess a correct abstract definition of beauty for the intellect but a certain kind of temperament the power of being deeply moved by the presence of beautiful objects.

The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.

I believe that children are our future. Teach them well and let them lead the way. Show them all the beauty they possess inside.

Reason is an action of the mind knowledge is a possession of the mind but faith is an attitude of the person. It means you are prepared to stake yourself on something being so.

He who possesses art and science has religion he who does not possess them needs religion.

Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it.

Works of art in my opinion are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order and that is why though I don't believe that only art matters I do believe in Art for Art's sake.

Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning restless urge to write or paint simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.

I did not want to put myself on the line as an Australian playing Britain's greatest comic actor. The fans of Sellers are obsessive possessive - and aggressive. I did not want to risk their anger - or my own reputation.

Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about and hurts the one who is possessed by it more than the one against whom it is directed.

Of all our possessions wisdom alone is imortal.

This avidity alone of acquiring goods and possessions for ourselves and our nearest friends is insatiable perpetual universal and directly destructive of society.

Whoever thinks that he alone has speech or possesses speech or mind above others when unfolded such men are seen to be empty.

Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.

It is good taste and good taste alone that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning.

Your most precious valued possessions and your greatest powers are invisible and intangible. No one can take them. You and you alone can give them. You will receive abundance for your giving.