A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
占有
Possession
The really meaningful life is that whose meaning is in no way affected by the absence or presence of possessions.
真正有意义的生活是其意义不受财产的缺乏或存在的影响。
The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.
财富的满足不在于拥有或挥霍，而在于明智地运用。
See the things you want as already yours. Think of them as yours, as belonging to you, as already in your possession.
把你想要的东西看作已经属于你了。把它们当作你的，当作属于你的，当作已经属于你的。
When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths.
当我们相信自己拥有唯一的真理时，我们很可能对日常生活中常见的真理漠不关心。
It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment.
给予最大享受的不是知识，而是学习的过程;不是拥有，而是到达那里的过程。
Man is, properly speaking, based upon hope, he has no other possession but hope; this world of his is emphatically the place of hope.
恰当地说，人是基于希望的，除了希望，他别无所有;他的这个世界充满了希望。
The possession of arbitrary power has always, the world over, tended irresistibly to destroy humane sensibility, magnanimity, and truth.
在世界范围内，拥有专断的权力总是不可抗拒地破坏人类的感性、宽宏大量和真理。
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.
不是拥有真理，而是追求真理时所伴随的成功，使寻求真理的人富足，并给他带来幸福。
Man should not consider his material possession his own, but as common to all, so as to share them without hesitation when others are in need.
人不应该把自己的物质财富看作是自己的，而应该看作是所有人共有的，以便在别人需要的时候毫不犹豫地分享。
Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true.
那些拥有绝对权力的人不仅可以预言并使他们的预言成真，而且他们还可以说谎并使他们的谎言成真。
Animals are in possession of themselves; their soul is in possession of their body. But they have no right to their life, because they do not will it.
动物能控制自己;他们的灵魂附在他们的身体上。但他们没有生命的权利，因为他们不愿意。
The real duty of man is not to extend his power or multiply his wealth beyond his needs, but to enrich and enjoy his imperishable possession: his soul.
人的真正责任不是扩展他的权力或使他的财富超过他的需要，而是丰富和享受他不朽的财产:他的灵魂。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even love itself. To love, therefore, is to sterilize the person one loves.
对拥有的欲望是永不满足的，以至于它可以生存，甚至爱本身。因此，爱，就是让所爱的人绝育。
A man may be in as just possession of truth as of a city, and yet be forced to surrender.
一个人可能像拥有一座城市一样拥有真理，但却被迫投降。
Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity.
对拥有的对象不负有义务的占有接近幸福。
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.
每次我离开家很长一段时间，我觉得我好像要征服世界。求你将我长子的名分，就是我的产业，夺过来。
Clothes should look as if a woman was born into them. It is a form of possession, this belonging to one another.
衣服应该看起来像女人与生俱来的。这是一种占有的形式，属于彼此。
The greatest possession is self-possession.
最大的拥有就是拥有自己。