Substance Quotes

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Mortification from a self-strength, carried on by ways of self-invention, unto the end of a self-righteousness, is the soul and substance of all false religion… — John Owen
There is more evidence to prove that saltness [of the sea] is due to the admixture of some substance, besides that which we have adduced.… — Aristotle
The various reasons which we have enumerated lead us to believe that the new radio-active substance contains a new element which we propose to give… — Marie Curie
Before you generalize, formalize, and axiomatize there must be mathematical substance. — Hermann Weyl
I remember vividly my student days, spending hours at the light microscope, turning endlessly the micrometric screw, and gazing at the blurred boundary which concealed… — Albert Claude
Pain may be said to follow pleasure as its shadow; but the misfortune is that in this particular case, the substance belongs to the shadow,… — Charles Caleb Colton
Addiction is craving fulfillment from something that cannot provide fulfillment. In this sense it is not different than the basic mechanism of ignorance that keeps… — Deepak Chopra
Atoms are weird stuff, behaving like active agents rather than inert substances. They make unpredictable choices between alternative possibilities according to the laws of quantum… — Freeman Dyson
A nutritious substance supplied by a bountiful Providence for the fattening of the poor. — Ambrose Bierce
Christmas means 'giving,' and the gift without the giver is bare. Give of yourselves; give of your substance; give of your heart and mind. "Christmas… — Gordon B. Hinckley
In Illinois a pregnant woman who takes an illegal drug can be prosecuted for 'delivering a controlled substance to a minor.' This is an explicit… — Randy Alcorn
First of all, in principle, I'm against physician-assisted suicide, and secondly, I believe it is the prerogative of the federal government to control drug rules.… — George W. Bush
Natural death is independent of all reason and is really an irrational death, in which the pitiable substance of the shell determines how long the… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Our gratitude liberates an energy within us that immediately expands into the formless substance, where it is instantly returned to us in kind. — Wallace D. Wattles
Ordinarily all desires exist in the second state of consciousness, the dreaming state. Desire is a dream and to work for a dream is doomed… — Rajneesh
[T]he Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost [are] three ... not in condition, but in degree; not in substance, but in form; not in… — Tertullian
For, as the substance of the brain, like that of the other solids of our body, is nearly incompressible, the quantity of blood within the… — Unknown Author
A long-term substance abuser, a few months before his death, penned this poem: Went downtown, Hastings and Main, looking for relief from the pain. All… — Gabor Mate
There's substance to the point that sociological information is new. We have five years of information to weigh against 2,000 years of history or more. — Anthony Kennedy
Lord, by the words of consecration the substance of the bread and wine is converted into the substance of your Body and Blood. All powerful… — Anthony Mary Claret

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