Substance Quotes

936 Substance quotes by 721 unique authors

The pilasters reaching down were adorned with a glistering substance (I know not what) under glass (as it seemed), resembling - a homely fancy, but… — Charles Lamb
I love that man better who swears a stream as long as my arm yet deals justice to his neighbors and mercifully deals his substance… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
If there be any who nurture in their hearts the poisonous brew of enmity toward another, I plead with you to ask the Lord for… — Gordon B. Hinckley
In this country, unfortunately, as all over the world, we care so little, we have no deep feeling about anything. Most of us are intellectual-intellectuals… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
We must have something of substance to say in our worship [services] that reminds us why Christ's story is so unique and so utterly essential. — Keith Getty
How a man perceives substance dictates the amount of substance in a man. To know the depth of anyone's true substance, simply measure the weight… — Suzy Kassem
Before one can become a magician he must learn to control his own mind; for mind is the substance with which the magician acts, and… — Franz Hartmann
Theurgy is ritual magic - but magic that enacts the will of God, not of the magician. It brings divine energies down to earth, elevating… — Richard Smoley
One day while studying a Yeats poem I decided to write poetry the rest of my life. I recognized that a single short poem has… — Robert Bly
Briefly, in the act of composition, as an instrument there intervenes and is most potent, fire, flaming, fervid, hot; but in the very substance of… — Georg Ernst Stahl
Gold and iron at the present day, as in ancient times, are the rulers of the world; and the great events in the world of… — William Whewell
Form may be of more account than substance. A lens of ice will focus a solar beam to a blaze. — George Iles
As soon as the mouth is opened, evils spring forth. People either neglect the root and speak of the branches, or neglect the reality of… — Huangbo Xiyun
The human mind moves always forward, alters its viewpoint and enlarges its thought substance, and the effect of these changes is to render past systems… — Sri Aurobindo
I lost my hair mixing a substance called white gunpowder on the kitchen table. — Mark Oliphant
The substance of faith is a hope in the unseen. — Ron Suskind
The pie should be eaten "while it is yet florescent, white or creamy yellow, with the merest drip of candied juice along the edges, (as… — Henry Ward Beecher
Faith is the substance of whatever it is that we hope for. The important thing is that we teach that faith is connected to good… — T.D. Jakes
The President is to be commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States. In this respect his authority would be nominally the same… — Alexander Hamilton
LSD was not a pharmacological agent generating exotic experiences by its interaction with the neurophysiological processes in the brain. This remarkable substance was clearly an… — Stanislav Grof
Over immense periods of time the intellect produced nothing but errors. A few of these proved to be useful and helped to preserve the species:… — Friedrich Nietzsche
You are not the feelings or the thoughts or the contents of your awareness. None of these are who you are. You are the fullness… — A. H. Almaas
There's very little in the substance of [THE LADY IN THE VAN] which is not fact though some adjustments have had to be made. Over… — Alan Bennett
History, like a vast river, propels logs, vegetation, rafts, and debris; it is full of live and dead things, some destined for resurrection; it mingles… — Jacques Barzun
Strange that mankind should ever have used the mushroom. All the various species of this substance are of a leathery consistence, and contain but little… — William Alcott

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