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.
It is not the possession of truth but the success which attends the seeking after it that enriches the seeker and brings happiness to him.
Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time and may therefore be demanded back the next hour.
Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold happiness dwells in the soul.