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Substance Quotes by Thomas Merton
- The devil is no fool. He can get people feeling about heaven the way they ought to feel about hell. He can make them fear…
- 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,…
- But there is greater comfort in the substance of silence than in the answer to a question.
More Substance Quotes
- Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance. — Francis Bacon
- Forget words like 'hard sell' and 'soft sell.' That will only confuse you. Just be sure your advertising is saying something with… — William Bernbach
- A myth is far truer than a history, for a history only gives a story of the shadows, whereas a myth gives… — Annie Besant
- Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. — Aesop
- Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am the river;… — Jorge Luis Borges
- I'm in awe of the universe, but I don't necessarily believe there's an intelligence or agent behind it. I do have a… — David Bowie
- As the Tories know, the problem with setting yourself up as a shining example for others to follow is that when you… — Jo Brand
- We must look for ways to be an active force in our own lives. We must take charge of our own destinies,… — Les Brown
- All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance of original justice. — Edmund Burke
- Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth. — Abraham Cahan
- Love is the substance of all life. Everything is connected in love, absolutely everything. — Julia Cameron
- The only substance properly so called is the soul. — Henri Frederic Amiel