Material Quotes

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It is not enough to do, one must also become. I wish to be wiser, stronger, better. This--" I held out my hands "--this thing… — Louis L'Amour
Thought as suchâ€¦ is an act of negation, of resistance to that which is forced upon it; this is what thought has inherited from its… — Theodor Adorno
How can we satisfy ourselves without going on in infinitum? And, after all, what satisfaction is there in that infinite progression? Let us remember the… — David Hume
Intelligence is not only the ability to reason; it is also the ability to find relevant material in memory and to deploy attention when needed. — Daniel Kahneman
And so I learned what solitude really was. It was raw material - awesome, malleable,older than men or worlds or water. And it was merciless… — David James Duncan
All men and women are connected by an energy which we call love, but which is, in fact, the raw material from which the universe… — Paulo Coelho
Not one of your pertinent ancestors was squashed, devoured, drowned, starved, stranded, stuck fast, untimely wounded, or otherwise deflected from its life's quest of delivering… — Bill Bryson
We are never so poor that we cannot bless another human being, are we? So it is that every evil, whether moral or material, results… — Louise Erdrich
It is a wretched thing that the young men of today are so contriving and so proud of their material posessions. Men with contriving hearts… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Gorgeous, amazing things come into our lives when we are paying attention: mangoes, grandnieces, Bach, ponds. This happens more often when we have as little… — Anne Lamott
Because everything of value that we will know in this life comes from our relationships with those around us. Because there is nothing material that… — R A Salvatore
Astonishing material and revelation appear in our lives all the time. Let it be. Unto us, so much is given. We just have to be… — Anne Lamott
Jem touched the parabatai rune on his shoulder, through the thin material of his nightshirt. "I am not alone," he said. "Wherever we are, we… — Cassandra Clare
I am dramatic,â€ said Will. â€œIf I had not been a Shadowhunter, I would have had a future on the stage. I have no doubt… — Cassandra Clare
The realities of the world affected me as visions, and as visions only, while the wild ideas of the land of dreams became, in turn,â€”not… — Edgar Allan Poe
Scott-there's nothing in the world I want but you-and your precious love. All the material things are nothing. I'd just hate to live in a… — Zelda Fitzgerald
Vampires smiled for many reasons, but when a vampire male smiled at you from this distance with that kind of look in his eyes it… — Ilona Andrews
If other things must be destroyed in order for fire to exist, that's all right with fire. As far as fire is concerned, that's what… — Dan Wells
You are such a chick." I widened my eyes in mock surprise. "No way. Are you sure?" Sighing again, he rubbed at the tattoos on… — Gena Showalter
In a way, you are poetry material; You are full of cloudy subtleties I am willing to spend a lifetime figuring out. Words burst in… — Franz Kafka

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