Substance Quotes

936 Substance quotes by 721 unique authors

The prevailing attitude towards nature is that form of heresy which denies substance and, in doing so, denies the rightfulness of creation. We have said… — Richard M. Weaver
Triumphs against the natural order of living exact unforeseen payments. At the same time that man attempts to straighten a crooked nature, he is striving… — Richard M. Weaver
The political trend is always to be observed, partly as a spectacle, partly for one's own safety. The liberal is dissatisfied with regime; the anarch… — Ernst Junger
Disputing the commonsense notion that all events require the prior existence of some underlying matter or substance. There is no antecedent static cabinet. — Alfred North Whitehead
To experience relationships of substance and depth requires approaching and entering into relationships with consciousness and concern for the other. — Gary Zukav
Aside from Velcro, time is the most mysterious substance in the universe. — Dave Barry
For true devotion must issue from the heart, and consist in the truth and substances alone of what is represented by spiritual things; all the… — John of the Cross
When sunlight falls on a crystal, lights of all colors of the rainbow appear; yet they have no substance that you can grasp. Likewise, all… — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
It is the friction of two spiritual things, of tradition and invention, or of substance and symbol, from which the mind takes fire. The creeds… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
We had given it a name, a substance, and somehow, in doing that, we had condemned ourselves. — Storm Constantine
That's what happens with writing. Ingredients bubble and cook. Material becomes substance. — Alex Haley
A root, a stem, a leaf, some means of capturing sunlight and air and making food - in sum, a plant. The green substance of… — Hal Borland
Grace is not a strange, magic substance which is subtly filtered into our souls to act as a kind of spiritual penicillin. Grace is unity,… — Thomas Merton
A person is an individual substance of a rational nature. — Boethius
As our bodies live upon the earth and find sustenance in the fruits which it produces, so our minds feed on the same truths as… — Nicolas Malebranche
It's ridiculous that we continue to incarcerate anyone for using a substance that actually causes far less damage than alcohol. No one goes out looking… — Susan Sarandon
Within each and every one of us is a divine power that needs no substance or anything external to know bliss. — Wayne Dyer
Thoughts naturally arise. The point of meditation is not to banish thoughts but to make peace with them by realizing their lack of substance. — Dan Millman
Emotions are the natural substances of the soul ... and when we think we can't handle the emotions, we lose the natural substances of the… — Michael Meade
We should all develop the mind to rejoice in, praise and share in the gift of those who have artistic talents and a richness of… — Daisaku Ikeda
THOUGHT is the only power which can produce tangible riches from the Formless Substance. — Wallace D. Wattles
But, in the end, the books that surround me are the books that made me, through my reading (and misreading) of them; they fall in… — Ramona Koval
Living did not become a problem until Man refused to listen to the inner voice. When he returns to listening He will seize to labor… — Baird T. Spalding
Humanity is our common lot. All men are made of the same clay. There is no difference, at least here on Earth, in the fate… — Victor Hugo
Our breath is the most precious substance in our lives, and yet we totally take for granted when we exhale that our next breath will… — Louise Hay

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