Our destiny is determined, not by what we possess, but by what possess us.
Nothing you love is lost. Not really. Things, people—they always go away, sooner or later. You can’t hold them, any more than you can hold moonlight. But if they’ve touched you, if they’re inside you, then they’re still yours. The only things you ever really have are the ones you hold inside your heart.
[On Paris:] A city never entirely known, yet which gives you the feeling of intimacy, of possessing it intimately.
It's like being possessed: like a psychic or a medium. I felt like a hollow temple filled with many spirits, each one passing through me, each inhabiting me for a little time and then leaving to be replaced by another.
If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.
My life belongs to me, my love belongs to those who can see it.
Character is property. It is the noblest of possessions.
No fate could rob us of our own-- No circumstance can make it less; What time removes was but a loan, For what was ours we still possess.
You cannot speak that which you do not know. You cannot share that which you do not feel. You cannot translate that which you do not have. And you cannot give that which you do not possess. To give it and to share it, and for it to be effective, you first need to have it. Good communication starts with good preparation.
My actions are my only true belongings.
I would say it simply: No one can give that which he doesn't personally possess, which means we cannot transmit the Holy Spirit in an effective way, render the Spirit perceptible, if we ourselves aren't close to the Spirit.
I'm possessed by love - but isn't everybody?
The world, the future, is now within you as your past, as experience, skill in technique, and the rich, everlasting mystery is found to be childish you that, at the time, you made no effort to possess.
I feel as if when you love a book it becomes a part of you whether you have it on your shelves or not.
