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Quotes About Matter

The only pictorial matter that is of interest to me is the matter and sentiments brought about by the work itself.
~ Pablo Picasso
In the fabric of space and in the nature of matter, as in a great work of art, there is, written small, the artist's signature.
~ Carl Sagan
He would argue that every world and every life was insignificant when considered against the span of the infinite… but nothing mattered against the span of the infinite, so if you wanted to care about anything at all, you had to care about the small things.
~ Tim Pratt
I don't for the life of me understand how anybody could contemplate the results of the 2000 election in the US and say that electoral politics doesn't matter any more, and that Ralph Nader was right when he said there is no difference between the two parties.
~ Todd Gitlin
Opinions are a private matter. The public has an interest only in judgments.
~ WALTER BENJAMIN
Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of mind over morals.
~ Oscar Wilde
The moral life of man forms part of the subject matter of the artist, but the morality of art consists in the perfect use of an imperfect medium.
~ Oscar Wilde
The separation of spirit from matter was a mystery and the union of spirit with matter was a mystery also.
~ Oscar Wilde
Für den Philosophen sind die Frauen der Triumph der Materie über den Geist, - genau wie die Männer der Triumph des Geistes über die Moral sind.
~ Oscar Wilde
Was the soul a shadow seated in the house of sin? Or was the body really in the soul, as Giordano Bruno thought? The separation of spirit from matter was a mystery, and the union of spirit with matter was a mystery also.
~ Oscar Wilde
To the philosopher women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of mind over morals.
~ Oscar Wilde
And the truth of the matter is that death is a mystery to me. I have no opinion on the subject.
~ Oscar Zeta Acosta
There is no time, sir, at which ties do not matter.
~ P.G. Wodehouse
On the cue 'five aunts' I had given at the knees a trifle, for the thought of being confronted with such a solid gaggle of aunts, even if those of another, was an unnerving one. Reminding myself that in this life it is not aunts that matter, but the courage that one brings to them, I pulled myself together.
~ P.G. Wodehouse
It is not the physicist but the Self-realized [spiritual] master who comprehends the true nature of matter.
~ Paramahansa Yogananda
Before one can reach God, there has to be the "repentance" that turns the consciousness from delusive matter to the kingdom of God within. This withdrawal retires the life force and mind inward to rise through the spiritualizing centers of the spine to the supreme states of divine realization.
~ Paramahansa Yogananda
The atomic structure of matter was well known to the ancient Hindus. One of the six systems of Indian philosophy is Vaisesika, from the Sanskrit root visesas, "atomic individuality." One of the foremost Vaisesika expounders was Aulukya, also called Kanada, "the atom-eater," born about 2800 years ago.
~ Paramahansa Yogananda
The Atomic Age will see men's minds sobered and broadened by the now scientifically indisputable truth that matter is in reality a concentrate of energy.
~ Paramahansa Yogananda
Physicians must carry on their work of healing through God's laws as applied to matter." But he extolled the superiority of mental therapy, and often repeated: "Wisdom is the greatest cleanser." "The
~ Paramahansa Yogananda
I know what I'd do in the matter, but I'm a dedicated villain. -Roland Otton
~ Patricia Veryan
Energetically speaking, antimatter is the mirror image of matter, so the two instantly cancel each other out if they come in contact. Keeping antimatter isolated from matter is a challenge, of course, because everything on earth is made of matter. The samples have to be stored without ever touching anything at all—even air.
~ Dan Brown
God created… light and dark, heaven and hell— science claims the same thing as religion, that the Big Bang created everything in the universe with an opposite. "Including matter itself, antimatter
~ Dan Brown
If antimatter and matter make contact, both are destroyed instantly. Physicists call the process 'annihilation.
~ Dan Brown
the Z-particle Pure energy—no mass at all. It may well be the smallest building block in nature. Matter is nothing but trapped energy.
~ Dan Brown