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Substance Quotes

The ideal and the beautiful are identical; the ideal corresponds to the idea, and beauty to form; hence idea and substance are cognate Picture Quote #1

Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire Picture Quote #1

Love like a shadow flies when substance love pursues; pursuing that that flies, and flying what pursues Picture Quote #1

Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, brags of his substance: They are but beggars who can count their worth Picture Quote #1

We expect teachers to handle teenage pregnancy, substance abuse, and the failings of the family. Then we expect them to educate our children Picture Quote #1

All, all is theft, all is unceasing and rigorous competition in nature; the desire to make off with the substance of others is the foremost - the most legitimate passion nature has bred into us and, without doubt, the most agreeable one Picture Quote #1

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Dreams, indeed, are ambition; for the very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream. and I hold ambition of so airy and light a quality, that it is but a shadow's shadow Picture Quote #1

The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect, between life and death. When literature becomes too intellectual - when it begins to ignore the passions, the emotions - it becomes sterile, silly, and actually without substance Picture Quote #1

God is the universal substance in existing things. He comprises all things. He is the fountain of all being. In Him exists everything that is Picture Quote #1

Dreams are the children of an idle brain, begot of nothing but vain fanfasy; which is as thin of substance as the air, and more inconstant than the wind Picture Quote #1

Which dreams indeed are ambition, for the very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream Picture Quote #1

Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming Picture Quote #1

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All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance of original justice Picture Quote #1

He hath eaten me out of house and home; he hath put all of my substance into that fat belly of his Picture Quote #1

There are many creeds but only one faith. Creeds may change, develop, and grow flat, while the substance of faith remains the same in all ages. The overgrowth of creed may bring about the disintegration of that substance. The proper relation is a minimum of creed and a maximum of faith Picture Quote #1

This extraordinary war in which we are engaged falls heavily upon all classes of people, but the most heavily upon the soldier. For it has been said, all that a man hath will he give for his life; and while all contribute of their substance the soldier puts his life at stake, and often yields it up in his country's cause. the highest merit, then, is due to the soldier Picture Quote #1

High office teaches decision making, not substance. It consumes intellectual capital; it does not create it. Most high officials leave office with the perceptions and insights with which they entered; they learn how to make decisions but not what decisions to make Picture Quote #1

The great liability of the engineer compared to men of other professions is that his works are out in the open where all can see them. His acts, step by step, are in hard substance. He cannot bury his mistakes in the grave like the doctors. He cannot argue them into thin air or blame the judge like the lawyers. He cannot, like the architects, cover his failures with trees and vines. He cannot, like the politicians, screen his sort-comings by blaming his opponents and hope the people will forget. The engineer simply cannot deny he did it. If his works do not work, he is damned Picture Quote #1

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In Stalin each easily finds himself. But Stalin also finds in each one a small part of his own spirit. Stalin is the personification of the bureaucracy. That is the substance of his political personality Picture Quote #1

The whole sum and substance of human history may be reduced to this maxim: that when man departs from the divine means of reaching the divine end, he suffers harm and loss Picture Quote #1

Each substance of a grief hath twenty shadows, which shows like grief itself, but is not so; for sorrow's eye, glazed with blinding tears, divides one thing entire to many objects, like perspectives, which rightly gazed upon, show nothing but confusion eyed awry, distinguish form Picture Quote #1

Then know, that I have little wealth to lose. A man I am, crossed with adversity; my riches are these poor habiliments, of which if you should here disfurnish me, you take the sum and substance that I have Picture Quote #1

Yes, you need substance in politics - but I think your style also says something about how you arrive at some of your conclusions Picture Quote #1

How violently do rumors blow the sails of popular judgments! How few there be that can discern between truth and truth likeness, between shows and substance! Picture Quote #1

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As a child, what captivated me was reading the poems myself and realizing that there was a world without material substance which was nevertheless as alive as any other Picture Quote #1

What I'm above all primarily concerned with is the substance of life, the pith of reality. If I had to sum up my work, I suppose that's it really: I'm taking the pith out of reality Picture Quote #1

The web of marriage is made by propinquity, in the day to day living side by side, looking outward in the same direction. It is woven in space and in time of the substance of life itself Picture Quote #1

The history of liberal thought since Locke and Smith has been one almost unbroken decline in philosophic substance Picture Quote #1

Said one among them - surely not in vain my substance of the common earth was ta'en and to this figure moulded, to be broke, or trampled back to shapeless earth again Picture Quote #1

Progress, the growth of power, is the end and boon of liberty; and, without this, a people may have the name, but want the substance and spirit of freedom Picture Quote #1

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The ideal and the beautiful are identical; the ideal corresponds to the idea, and beauty to form; hence idea and substance are cognate (Substance Quotes) Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire (Substance Quotes) Love like a shadow flies when substance love pursues; pursuing that that flies, and flying what pursues (Substance Quotes) Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, brags of his substance: They are but beggars who can count their worth (Substance Quotes) We expect teachers to handle teenage pregnancy, substance abuse, and the failings of the family. Then we expect them to educate our children (Substance Quotes) All, all is theft, all is unceasing and rigorous competition in nature; the desire to make off with the substance of others is the foremost - the most legitimate passion nature has bred into us and, without doubt, the most agreeable one (Substance Quotes) Dreams, indeed, are ambition; for the very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream. and I hold ambition of so airy and light a quality, that it is but a shadow's shadow (Substance Quotes) The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect, between life and death. When literature becomes too intellectual - when it begins to ignore the passions, the emotions - it becomes sterile, silly, and actually without substance (Substance Quotes) God is the universal substance in existing things. He comprises all things. He is the fountain of all being. In Him exists everything that is (Substance Quotes) Dreams are the children of an idle brain, begot of nothing but vain fanfasy; which is as thin of substance as the air, and more inconstant than the wind (Substance Quotes) Which dreams indeed are ambition, for the very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream (Substance Quotes) Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming (Substance Quotes) All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance of original justice (Substance Quotes) He hath eaten me out of house and home; he hath put all of my substance into that fat belly of his (Substance Quotes) There are many creeds but only one faith. Creeds may change, develop, and grow flat, while the substance of faith remains the same in all ages. The overgrowth of creed may bring about the disintegration of that substance. The proper relation is a minimum of creed and a maximum of faith (Substance Quotes) This extraordinary war in which we are engaged falls heavily upon all classes of people, but the most heavily upon the soldier. For it has been said, all that a man hath will he give for his life; and while all contribute of their substance the soldier puts his life at stake, and often yields it up in his country's cause. the highest merit, then, is due to the soldier (Substance Quotes) High office teaches decision making, not substance. It consumes intellectual capital; it does not create it. Most high officials leave office with the perceptions and insights with which they entered; they learn how to make decisions but not what decisions to make (Substance Quotes) The great liability of the engineer compared to men of other professions is that his works are out in the open where all can see them. His acts, step by step, are in hard substance. He cannot bury his mistakes in the grave like the doctors. He cannot argue them into thin air or blame the judge like the lawyers. He cannot, like the architects, cover his failures with trees and vines. He cannot, like the politicians, screen his sort-comings by blaming his opponents and hope the people will forget. The engineer simply cannot deny he did it. If his works do not work, he is damned (Substance Quotes) In Stalin each easily finds himself. But Stalin also finds in each one a small part of his own spirit. Stalin is the personification of the bureaucracy. That is the substance of his political personality (Substance Quotes) The whole sum and substance of human history may be reduced to this maxim: that when man departs from the divine means of reaching the divine end, he suffers harm and loss (Substance Quotes) Each substance of a grief hath twenty shadows, which shows like grief itself, but is not so; for sorrow's eye, glazed with blinding tears, divides one thing entire to many objects, like perspectives, which rightly gazed upon, show nothing but confusion eyed awry, distinguish form (Substance Quotes) Then know, that I have little wealth to lose. A man I am, crossed with adversity; my riches are these poor habiliments, of which if you should here disfurnish me, you take the sum and substance that I have (Substance Quotes) Yes, you need substance in politics - but I think your style also says something about how you arrive at some of your conclusions (Substance Quotes) How violently do rumors blow the sails of popular judgments! How few there be that can discern between truth and truth likeness, between shows and substance! (Substance Quotes) As a child, what captivated me was reading the poems myself and realizing that there was a world without material substance which was nevertheless as alive as any other (Substance Quotes) What I'm above all primarily concerned with is the substance of life, the pith of reality. If I had to sum up my work, I suppose that's it really: I'm taking the pith out of reality (Substance Quotes) The web of marriage is made by propinquity, in the day to day living side by side, looking outward in the same direction. It is woven in space and in time of the substance of life itself (Substance Quotes) The history of liberal thought since Locke and Smith has been one almost unbroken decline in philosophic substance (Substance Quotes) Said one among them - surely not in vain my substance of the common earth was ta'en and to this figure moulded, to be broke, or trampled back to shapeless earth again (Substance Quotes) Progress, the growth of power, is the end and boon of liberty; and, without this, a people may have the name, but want the substance and spirit of freedom (Substance Quotes)

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