Material Quotes

2445 Material quotes by 1790 unique authors

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 you’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
Man must have results, real results, in his inner and outer life. I do not mean the results which modern people strive after in their… — Jacob Needleman
A nation lives forever through its concepts, honour, and culture. It is for these reasons that the rulers of nations must judge and act not… — Corneliu Zelea Codreanu
Generations of human beings were transformed into machines in the relentless pursuit of material wealth: We lived to work. — Jeremy Rifkin
Goal setting is another integral part of achieving any dream. It is what takes a supernatural vision into the material realm where we can see… — Phil Pringle
Solicitude for material things distracts the soul and divides it. The devil seizes the divided soul and drags it to hell. — Anthony
This is the law of prosperity: When apparent adversity comes, be not cast down by it, but make the best of it, and always look… — Ralph Waldo Trine
You have to edit the material. That assumes that some kind of a mind is operating in relation to the material. Not all minds are… — Frederick Wiseman
Modern education is competitive, nationalistic and separative. It has trained the child to regard material values as of major importance, to believe that his nation… — Albert Einstein
In a very real way, the poor are our teachers. They show us that people’s value is not measured by their possessions or how much… — Pope Francis
Dream big dreams! Others may deprive you of your material wealth and cheat you in a thousand ways, but no man can deprive you of… — Jesse Jackson

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