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Those who are possessed by nothing possess everything.


Morihei Ueshiba

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BERNARD H. POWELL He had everything, but he possessed nothing. There is the spiritual secret.
A.W. TOZER The rich are more envied by those who have a little, than by those who have nothing.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON It is hard to interest those who have everything in those who have nothing.
HELEN KELLER Hope is the only good that is common to all men; those who have nothing else possess hope still
THALES OF MILETUS I have everything, yet have nothing; and although I possess nothing, still of nothing am I in want.
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HARRIET MARTINEAU He is lost who is possessed by carnal desire.
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W.E. WOODWARD I feel for those who have nothing, ... It has been hard for me to accept any (donations), because I ...
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RICHELLE MEAD You don't pay back your parents. You can't. The debt you owe them gets collected by your children, w...
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LAURENCE COSSé Possessions. The very word is potent - suggestive as it is of ownership both material and erotic. To...
HAMISH BOWLES ...the experience of battle forever divides those who talk of nothing else but its prospect from tho...
JAMES D. HORNFISCHER One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything w...
INDIRA GANDHI Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts the one who is p...
CLARENDON Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts the one who is p...
EDWARD HYDE CLARENDON Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts the one who is p...
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FRANCOIS FENELON Of those who say nothing, few are silent.
THOMAS NEILL Of those who say nothing, few are silent.
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DEAN INGE Those of you who think you know everything are annoying to those of us who do.
DAVID BRENT Possessing what we still were unpossessed by,
Possessed by what we now no more possessed.
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JAMES HARRIS Only those who want everything done for them are bored.
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