Material Quotes

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There is only one thing which can master the perplexed stuff of epic material into unity; and that is, an ability to see in particular… — Lascelles Abercrombie
In the West there has always been the attempt to try make the religious building, whether it's a Medieval or Renaissance church, an eternal object… — Tadao Ando
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… — Thomas Aquinas
The worst attitude of all would be the professional attitude which regards children in the lump as a sort of raw material which we have… — C.S. Lewis
The possibility of interpretation lies in the identity of the observer with the observed. Each material thing has its celestial side; has its translation, through… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The essence of love and compassion is understanding, the ability to recognize the physical, material, and psychological suffering of others, to put ourselves "inside the… — Nhat Hanh
Under the Providence of God, our means of education are the grand machinery by which the 'raw material' of human nature can be worked up… — Horace Mann
Humanity needs practical men, who get the most out of their work, and, without forgetting the general good, safeguard their own interests. But humanity also… — Marie Curie
The object of geometry in all its measuring and computing, is to ascertain with exactness the plan of the great Geometer, to penetrate the veil… — Benjamin Peirce
The beauty and genius of a work of art may be reconceived, though its first material expression be destroyed; a vanished harmony may yet again… — William Beebe
Ancient poets and sages have called the earth the mother of all things. They could hardly have chosen a more attractive name, or one that… — Jonas Hallgrimsson
The value of the Old Testament may be dependant on what seems its imperfection. It may repel one use in order that we may be… — C.S. Lewis
We impoverish God in our minds when we say there must be answers to our prayers on the material plane; the biggest answers to our… — Oswald Chambers
There is much suffering in the world - physical, material, mental. The suffering of some can be blamed on the greed of others. The material… — Mother Teresa
All classes of people under social pressure are permeated with a common experience; they are emotionally welded as others cannot be. With them, even ordinary… — Alain LeRoy Locke
I learned that along with the towering achievements of the cultures of ancient Greece and China there stood the culture of Africa, unseen and denied… — Paul Robeson
The more legal and material hindrances women have broken through, the more strictly and heavily and cruelly images of female beauty have come to weigh… — Naomi Wolf
No nation as rich as ours should have so many people isolated on islands of poverty in such a sea of material wealth. — Andrew Young
The very success of medicine in a material way may now threaten the soul of medicine. — Walter Martin
Our American values are not luxuries but necessities, not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself. Our common vision of a free and… — Jimmy Carter

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