Matter Quotes

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Chastity is a difficult long term matter, one must wait patiently for it to bear fruit for the happiness of loving kindness which it must… — Pope John Paul II
In the final analysis it doesn't really matter what the political system is...We don't need perfect political systems; we need perfect participation. — Cesar Chavez
Freedom to differ is not limited to things that do not matter much. That would be a mere shadow of freedom. The test of its… — Robert H. Jackson
Life's like a play; it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters. — Seneca the Younger
Judges, as a class, display, in the matter of arranging alimony, that reckless generosity which is found only in men who are giving away someone… — P.G. Wodehouse
In the knowledge of truth, what really matters is the possession of it, not the impulse under which it was sought. — Friedrich Nietzsche
To understand matters rightly we should understand their details; and as that knowledge is almost infinite, our knowledge is always superficial and imperfect. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Conversation with a friend will only bear good fruit of knowledge when both think only of the matter under consideration and forget that they are… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Size does matter. There's a lot of ways to make people feel good, but personally I think it does enhance things. — Pamela Anderson
Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of mind over morals. — Oscar Wilde
Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for his… — Thomas Jefferson
Well, no doubt it's a blessed thing to have an imagination that can always make you satisfied, no matter how you are fixed. — Mark Twain
Driven from every other corner of the earth, freedom of thought and the right of private judgment in matters of conscience direct their course to… — Samuel Adams
[I]t is impossible for those, who believe in the truth of Christianity, as a divine revelation, to doubt, that it is the especial duty of… — Joseph Story
The suppression of civil liberties is too many less a matter for horror than the curtailment of the freedom to profit. — Marya Mannes
A scholar is a man with his inconvenience, that, when you ask him his opinion of any matter, he must go home and look up… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I think it's important to promote a culture of life. I think a hospitable society is a society where every being counts and every person… — George W. Bush
Change is scientific; progress is ethical; change is indubitable, whereas progress is a matter of controversy. — Bertrand Russell
It does not matter what men say in words, so long as their activities are controlled by settled instincts. The words may ultimately destroy the… — Alfred North Whitehead
For, in truth, an image is only dead matter shaped by the craftsman's hand. But we have no sensible image of sensible matter, but an… — Clement of Alexandria
Now the images and temples constructed by mechanics are made of inert matter, so that they too are inert, material, and profane. Even if you… — Clement of Alexandria
I shall give a propagandist reason for starting the war, no matter whether it is plausible or not. The victor will not be asked afterwards… — Adolf Hitler
Our security is not a matter of weapons alone. The arm that wields them must be strong, the eye that guides them clear, the will… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Those who believe that all virtue is to be found in their own party principles push matters to extremes; they do not consider that disproportion… — Aristotle
It doesn't matter if people are playing jazz or writing poetry. If they want to be successful, they need to learn how to persist and… — Jonah Lehrer

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