Quotes by Substance Before one can generalize, formalize, and axiomatize, there must be a mathematical substance. Hermann Weyl mathematicalmathematicssubstance The sacred sense of beyond, of timelessness, of a world which had an eternal value and the substance of which was divine had been given back to me today by this friend of mine who taught me dancing. Hermann Hesse substancedancingworld No one can step twice into the same river, nor touch mortal substance twice in the same condition. By the speed of its change, it scatters and gathers again. Heraclitus substancestepsrivers Every man starts with all there is. Everything is here-the essence and substance of all there is. Henry Ford substanceessencemen Each of the substances of a man's diet acts upon his body and changes it in some way and upon these changes his whole life depends. Hippocrates substancebodymen The shadows of things are greater than themselves; and the more exaggerated the shadow, the more unlike the substance. Herman Melville greatershadowsubstance 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 kernel is to exist or not; in which, accordingly, the stunted, diseased and dull witted jailer is lord, and indicates the moment at which his distinguished prisoner shall die. Friedrich Nietzsche independentsubstancelong Ideas get substance and value not by being discussed but by being lived. Hugh Kingsmill valuessubstanceideas The ceremonial and religious uses of psychedelics are much older than their recreational uses and abuses. For most of their history, they have been mysterious, dangerous substances and must be treated respectfully. Humphry Osmond abusesubstancereligious I want to entertain people, but with some substance. Irrfan Khan substancewantpeople Yet Aristotle's excellence of substance, so far from being associated with the grand style, is associated with something that at times comes perilously near jargon. Irving Babbitt stylesubstanceexcellence I assert that, in any particular natural science, one encounters genuine scientific substance only to the extent that mathematics is present. Immanuel Kant encounterssubstancenatural Africa, amongst the continents, will teach it to you: that God and the Devil are one, the majesty coeternal, not two uncreated but one uncreated, and the Natives neither confounded the persons nor divided the substance. Isak Dinesen devilsubstancetwo Edible substances evoke the secretion of thick, concentrated saliva. Why? The answer, obviously, is that this enables the mass of food to pass smoothly through the tube leading from the mouth into the stomach. Ivan Pavlov substancemouthsanswers Verses devoid of substance, melodious trifles. Horace triflessubstancepoetry Faith is not a leap in the dark. Faith is not a "hope so." Faith is substance and evidence - substance for a scientific mind, and evidence for a legal mind. J. Vernon McGee substanceminddark There is universal substance which is divine substance because where else can it be? Jack Kerouac universalsubstancedivine Above all, the ability to feel the force of an argument apart from the substance it deals with is the strongest weapon against prejudice. Jacques Barzun prejudicesubstanceweapons I see myself as a traditionalist. I like traditional things. I like things of substance and value that have been proven. Conceptually, as the songs started to come together, I followed that lead, which is the language I work in. Jakob Dylan substancetogethersong Heat may be generated and destroyed by certain processes, and this shows that heat is not a substance. James Clerk Maxwell heatsubstancemay«56789101112131415»
