Material Quotes

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The philosopher believes that the value of his philosophy lies in the whole, in the building: posterity discovers it in the bricks with which he… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Every individual has the power to change his or her material or financial status by first changing the nature of his or her beliefs. — Napoleon Hill
To measure success with material things is failure! — Tony Robbins
All that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, all is given to us as raw material, as clay, so that we… — Jorge Luis Borges
I wonder whether any other generation has seen such astounding revolutions of data and values as those through which we have lived. Scarcely anything material… — Winston Churchill
For a novelist, the gaps in a story are as intriguing as material that still exists. — Sara Sheridan
When the mind is turbulent, uncontrolled and restless, it is like a pond of water that is filled with mud. Therefore when we look within… — Radhanath Swami
As water by cooling and condensation becomes ice, so thought by condensation assumes physical form. Everything in the universe is thought in material form. — Paramahansa Yogananda
Give me great sinners to make great saints! They are glorious raw material for Grace to work upon and when you do get them saved,… — Charles Spurgeon
Everyone holds his fortune in his own hands, like a sculptor the raw material he will fashion into a figure. But it's the same with… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Today I will gratefully receive all the gifts that life has to offer me. I will receive the gifts of sunlight and the sound of… — Deepak Chopra
We are all sculptors and painters, and our material is our own flesh and blood and bone. — Henry David Thoreau
You are your own raw material. When you know what you consist of and what you want to make of it, then you can invent… — Warren G. Bennis
Material objects give rise to physical happiness, while spiritual development gives rise to mental happiness. Since we experience both physical and mental happiness, we need… — Dalai Lama
Help is even being offered from across the ocean, as over two dozen countries have stepped forward to offer financial and material support to the… — Jo Bonner
Bjorn was a different breed, I threw my best material at him, but he would never smile, but that added to the charm when he… — Jimmy Connors
A writer turns his life into material, and if youâ€™re in his life, he uses yours, too. — Walter Kirn
Although mechanical energy is indestructible, there is a universal tendency to its dissipation, which produces throughout the system a gradual augmentation and diffusion of heat,… — Lord Kelvin
The purpose of fasting is to loosen to some degree the ties which bind us to the world of material things and our surroundings as… — Ole Hallesby
A painting, you know, it's all dirty material. But it's about transformation. Taking that earth, that heavy earthen kind of thing, turning it into air… — Brice Marden

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