--- title: "10 Matter Quotes By Max Planck" description: "10 Matter quotes by Max Planck. Plus more from Max Planck and more Matter sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ec/max-planck-8715_consciousness_i-regard-consciousness-as-fundamental-i_2258109.jpg" --- > [I regard consciousness as fundamental. I regard matter as a derivative of consciousness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-planck/i-regard-consciousness-as-fundamental-i-regard-matter-as-a-derivative/) [Max Planck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-planck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ec/max-planck-8715_consciousness_i-regard-consciousness-as-fundamental-i_2258109.jpg) > [All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-planck/all-matter-originates-and-exists-only-by-virtue-of-a-force/) [Max Planck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-planck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d00/max-planck-8715_atoms_all-matter-originates-and-exists-only-by_1345638.jpg) > [There is no matter as such—mind is the matrix of all matter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-planck/there-is-no-matter-as-such-mind-is-the-matrix-of-all-matter/) [Max Planck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-planck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c71/max-planck-8715_atoms_there-is-no-matter-as-such-mind-is-the-m_2638809.jpg) > [In all my research I have never come across matter. To me the term matter implies a bundle of energy which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-planck/in-all-my-research-i-have-never-come-across-matter-to-me-the-term/) [Max Planck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-planck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f38/max-planck-8715_bundles_in-all-my-research-i-have-never-come-acr_1622515.jpg) > [All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force... We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-planck/all-matter-originates-and-exists-only-by-virtue-of-a-force-we-must/) [Max Planck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-planck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a7/max-planck-8715_conscious_all-matter-originates-and-exists-only-by_2607496.jpg) > [I regard consciousness as fundamental. I regard matter as derivative from consciousness. We cannot get behind consciousness. Everything that we talk about,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-planck/i-regard-consciousness-as-fundamental-i-regard-matter-as-derivative/) [Max Planck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-planck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9d/max-planck-8715_behinds_i-regard-consciousness-as-fundamental-i_146527.jpg) > [“All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force which brings the particle of an atom to vibration and holds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-planck/all-matter-originates-and-exists-only-by-virtue-of-a-force-which/) [Max Planck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-planck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/631/max-planck-8715_consciousness-scienc_all-matter-originates-and-exists-only-by_328804.jpg) > [The worth of a new idea is invariably determined, not by the degree of its intuitiveness-which incidentally, is to a major extent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-planck/the-worth-of-a-new-idea-is-invariably-determined-not-by-the-degree-of/) [Max Planck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-planck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d4/max-planck-8715_accuracy_the-worth-of-a-new-idea-is-invariably-de_2312144.jpg) > [Science enhances the moral value of life, because it furthers a love of truth and reverence-love of truth displaying itself in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-planck/science-enhances-the-moral-value-of-life-because-it-furthers-a-love/) [Max Planck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-planck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/838/max-planck-8715_character_science-enhances-the-moral-value-of-life_599204.jpg) > [As a man who has devoted his whole life to the most clear headed science, to the study of matter, I can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-planck/as-a-man-who-has-devoted-his-whole-life-to-the-most-clear-headed/) [Max Planck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-planck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a7/max-planck-8715_assuming_as-a-man-who-has-devoted-his-whole-life_277362.jpg) ## Other authors on Matter ## More by Max Planck > [The entire world we apprehend through our senses is no more than a tiny fragment in the vastness of Nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-planck/the-entire-world-we-apprehend-through-our-senses-is-no-more-than-a/) [Max Planck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-planck/) > [I regard consciousness as fundamental. I regard matter as derivative from consciousness. We cannot get behind consciousness. Everything that we talk about, everything that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-planck/i-regard-consciousness-as-fundamental-i-regard-matter-as-derivative/) [Max Planck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-planck/) > [It was not by accident that the greatest thinkers of all ages were deeply religious souls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-planck/it-was-not-by-accident-that-the-greatest-thinkers-of-all-ages-were/) [Max Planck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-planck/) > [As a man who has devoted his whole life to the most clear headed science, to the study of matter, I can tell you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-planck/as-a-man-who-has-devoted-his-whole-life-to-the-most-clear-headed/) [Max Planck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-planck/) > [“All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force which brings the particle of an atom to vibration and holds this most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-planck/all-matter-originates-and-exists-only-by-virtue-of-a-force-which/) [Max Planck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-planck/) > [The Theory of Relativity confers an absolute meaning on a magnitude which in classical theory has only a relative significance: the velocity of light.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-planck/the-theory-of-relativity-confers-an-absolute-meaning-on-a-magnitude/) [Max Planck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-planck/) > [Experimenters are the shock troops of science.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-planck/experimenters-are-the-shock-troops-of-science/) [Max Planck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-planck/) > [An experiment is a question which science poses to Nature and a measurement is the recording of Nature's answer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-planck/an-experiment-is-a-question-which-science-poses-to-nature-and-a/) [Max Planck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-planck/) > [Scientific work will never stop, and it would be terrible if it did. If there were no more problems, you would put your hands…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-planck/scientific-work-will-never-stop-and-it-would-be-terrible-if-it-did-if/) [Max Planck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-planck/) > [We cannot rest and sit down lest we rust and decay. Health is maintained only through work. And as it is with all life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-planck/we-cannot-rest-and-sit-down-lest-we-rust-and-decay-health-is/) [Max Planck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-planck/) > [Science advances one funeral at a time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-planck/science-advances-one-funeral-at-a-time/) [Max Planck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-planck/) > [There can never be any real opposition between religion and science; for the one is the complement of the other. Every serious and reflective…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-planck/there-can-never-be-any-real-opposition-between-religion-and-science/) [Max Planck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-planck/) > [The assumption of an absolute determinism is the essential foundation of every scientific enquiry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-planck/the-assumption-of-an-absolute-determinism-is-the-essential-foundation/) [Max Planck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-planck/) > [Science enhances the moral value of life, because it furthers a love of truth and reverence-love of truth displaying itself in the constant endeavor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-planck/science-enhances-the-moral-value-of-life-because-it-furthers-a-love/) [Max Planck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-planck/) > [Every advance in knowledge brings us face to face with the mystery of our own being.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-planck/every-advance-in-knowledge-brings-us-face-to-face-with-the-mystery-of/) [Max Planck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-planck/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/matter/max-planck/#itemlist", "name": "10 Matter Quotes By Max Planck", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I regard consciousness as fundamental. 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