“Love possesses not nor would it be possessed;”

“Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself, Love possesses not nor would it be possessed: For love is sufficient unto love.”

“Love gives nothing but itself, and takes nothing but from itself. Love does not possess, nor would it be possessed. And do not think that you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course. Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself.”

“The happy life does not mean loving what we possess, but possessing what we love." Possession of the beloved, St. Thomas holds, takes place in an act of cognition, in seeing, in intuition, in contemplation.”

“You may not possess a body that everyone want to admire.You may not possess wealth that everyone want to have.However you should possess a character that will make you worthy to love.”

“Irony, perfect definition: that for which I want to possess it, I would no longer want once I possessed it.”