Substance Quotes

936 Substance quotes by 721 unique authors

Though (the Tao) is uncreated itself, it creates all things. Because it has no substance, it can enter into where there is no space. Exercising… — Laozi
Animal substance seems to be the first food of all birds, even the granivorous tribes. — William Bartram
Today I accidentally stepped on a snail on the sidewalk in front of our house. And I thought, I too am like that snail. I… — Jack Handey
Just touching that old tree was truly moving to me because when you touch these trees, you have such a sense of the passage of… — Kim Novak
Reason is the substance of the universe. The design of the world is absolutely rational. — Christian Friedrich Hebbel
Every present state of a simple substance is the natural consequence of its preceding state, in such a way that its present is big with… — Gottfried Leibniz
It was the sort of house that glows with substance and savoir vivre in those advertisements for the best Scotch. It had wonderful bones. — Unknown Author
Man in his true nature is substance, soul, spirit. — Swami Vivekananda
Everything is substance plus name and form. Name and form come and go, but substance remains ever the same. — Swami Vivekananda
Love itself is the most elitist of passions. It acquires its stereoscopic substance and perspective only in the context of culture, for it takes up… — Joseph Brodsky
The Laboratory for Radioactivity consisted of only two rooms at the time; at a later date, when tests of radioactive substances became more extensive, it… — Walther Bothe
When a government becomes powerful it is destructive, extravagant and violent; it is an usurer which takes bread from innocent mouths and deprives honorable men… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
As for the Pope, I am too old to be frightened by his shadow, and am quite sure his shadow or Substance will do less… — Ezra Cornell
I separated the joints, the arm joints, the leg joints, and had to do two boilings. I think I used four boxes of Soilex for… — Jeffrey Dahmer
Unintended Consequences is full of substance, it is one of the must-read books of the year, and once I finish it I will be giving… — Tyler Cowen
The substance of all realities is in this religion of Jesus Christ; but it can be real only to those who will do His will. — Washington Gladden
I truly believe that a beautiful woman is a beautiful woman, but a beautiful woman with a brain is an absolutely lethal combination. Women of… — Prabal Gurung
Everything one sees is merely a projection of what one does not see, its true nature and substance. — Fernando Sabino
You feel you are hedged in; you dream of escape; but beware of mirages. Do not run or fly away in order to get free:… — Unknown Author
The human body is not a thing or a substance, given, but a continuous creation. — Norman O. Brown
We are … the un-proud non-possessors of objects whose chief substance is that of the transient symbol. Our Puritan fear of the love of things… — Ralph Caplan
As long as politics is the shadow cast on society by big business, the attenuation of the shadow will not change the substance. — John Dewey
I want to try not to repeat myself. But then I seem to do it continuously in my films. It's not something I make any… — Wes Anderson
The Scriptures of God are my only foundation and substance in all matters of weight and importance. — John Knox
I wasted my substance, I know I did, on riotous living, so I did, but there's nothing on record to show I did more than… — Rudyard Kipling

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