{"quotes":[{"text":"All I need is you even though I don't know if I can have you.","author":"Fatma Alfalasi","tags":["have-faith","having","love","need","needs","needs-and-wants","wanting-wanting-and-needs"],"id":42132,"author_id":"Fatma+Alfalasi"},{"text":"To dissimulate is to pretend not to have what one has. To simulate is to feign to have what one doesn't have.","author":"Jean Baudrillard","tags":["dissimulation","having","reality","simulation"],"id":51208,"author_id":"Jean+Baudrillard"},{"text":"Without having any relationship with God, we will not change anything in our world.","author":"Sunday Adelaja","tags":["change","god","having","national-transformation","relationship","without","world"],"id":67257,"author_id":"Sunday+Adelaja"},{"text":"The beauty of having faith, is that no matter what the time of day, whether it be day or night I know that someone is always there with me to give me comfort.It doesn't matter whether it is Buddha, God or Allah because whoever it is, is special to each of us. And that is the beauty of having faith.","author":"Anthony T. Hincks","tags":["allah","always","buddha","comfort","faith","give","god","having","life","philosophy","philosophy-of-religion","religion","whoever"],"id":76327,"author_id":"Anthony+T.+Hincks"},{"text":"With the act of marriage the situation frequently changes fundamentally. The marriage contract gives each partner the exclusive possession of the other's bo dy, feelings, and care. Nobody has to be won over any more, because love has become something one has, a property. The two cease to make the effort to be lovable and to produce love, hence they become boring, and hence their beauty disappears. They are disappointed and puzzled. Are they not the same persons any more? With the act of marriage the situation frequently changes fundamentally. The marriage contract gives each partner the exclusive possession of the other's body, feelings, and care. Nobody has to be won over any more, because love has become something one has, a property. The two cease to make the effort to be lovable and to produce love, hence they become boring, and hence their beauty disappears. They are disappointed and puzzled. Are they not the same persons any more? Did they make a mistake in the first place? Each usually seeks the cause of the change in the other and feels defrauded. What they do not see is that they no longer are the same people they were when they were in love with each other; that the error that one can have love has led them to cease loving. Now, instead of loving each other, they settle for owning together what they have: money , social standing, a home, children. Thus, in some cases, the marriage initiated on the basis of love becomes transformed into a friendly ownership, a corporation in which the two egotism are pooled into one: that of the 'family.Did they make a mistake in the first place? Each usually seeks the cause of the change in the other and feels defrauded.What they do not see is that they no longer are the same people they were when they were in love with each other; that the error that one can have love has led them to cease loving. Now, instead of loving each other, they settle for owning together what they have: money , social standing, a home, children. Thus, in some cases, the marriage initiated on the basis of love becomes transformed into a friendly ownership, a corporation in which the two egotism are pooled into one: that of the 'family.","author":"Erich Frommh Fromm","tags":["being","having","marriage"],"id":81796,"author_id":"Erich+Frommh+Fromm"},{"text":"Some waste away their lives by drinking, partying or by simply having fun and living for pleasure.","author":"Sunday Adelaja","tags":["away","drinking","fun","having","lives","living","partying","pleasure","simply","some","their","waste"],"id":113338,"author_id":"Sunday+Adelaja"},{"text":"Nobody minds having what is too good for them.","author":"Jane Austen","tags":["nobody","minds","having "],"id":117534,"author_id":"Jane+Austen"},{"text":"Having contentment and gratitude in the present moment is the surest way to achieve success.","author":"Bryant McGill","tags":["achievement","contentment","gratitude","having","momentary","success"],"id":123341,"author_id":"Bryant+McGill"},{"text":"By having the Holy Spirit inside us, we can spread the Kingdom of God wherever we go.","author":"Sunday Adelaja","tags":["having","holy-spirit","kingdom","kingdom-of-god","spread"],"id":172005,"author_id":"Sunday+Adelaja"},{"text":"It's not the having, it's the getting.","author":"Elizabeth Taylor","tags":["getting","having "],"id":183824,"author_id":"Elizabeth+Taylor"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":20,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}