The soul of man is divided into three parts, intelligence, reason, and passion. Intelligence and passion are possessed by other animals, but reason by man alone. Pythagoras
Some people possess talent, others are possessed by it. When that happens, a talent becomes a curse. Rod Serling
Those who are possessed by nothing possess everything. Morihei Ueshiba
The jealous is possessed by a "fine mad devil" and a dull spirit at once. Johann Kaspar Lavater
In so far as one denies what is, one is possessed by what is not, the compulsions, the fantasies, the terrors that flock to fill the void. Ursula K. Le Guin
Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts the one who is possessed by it more than the one against whom it is directed. Carl Sandburg