T Quotes
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“The substance of every true and stable political organism is something resembling an Order, a Männerbünd in charge of the principle of the imperium, comprising men who see loyalty as the basis of their honor.”
“The substance of faith is a hope in the unseen.”
“The substance of grief is not imaginary. It's as real as rope or the absence of air, and like both those things, it can kill.”
Source: The Poisonwood Bible
“The substance of man cannot be measured by Gross National Product.”
Source: SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL
“The substance of mind is the substance of heaven. A joyful thought is an auspicious star or a felicitous cloud. An angry thought is a thunderstorm or a violent rain. A kind thought is a gentle breeze or a sweet dew. A stern thought is a fierce sun or an autumn frost. Which of these can be eliminated? Just let them pass away as they arise, open and unresisting, and your mind merges with the spacious sky.”
“The substance of my being has been informed by the books I learned to care for.”
Source: Closing of the American Mind
“The substance of painting is light.”
“The substance of the attacks on the reality of organized abuse and torture of children always reduce to that old chestnut—it is unscientific. “Give us proof,” say the naysayers. “How is this different from reports of alien abduction?” say the clever-clever wags of Private Eye. Indeed. How is it different? In the case of alien abduction, we are asked to believe that visitors to this planet from outer space have kidnapped someone, taken them away, and brought them back. It is not believable.
In the case of ritual abuse, we are asked to believe that people can organize themselves into groups for the purpose of torturing children. There would seem to be a significant difference here in what we are asked to believe.”
Source: Ritual Abuse and Mind Control: The Manipulation of Attachment Needs
“The substance of the constitution is preserved. That is a fact.”
“The substance of the eminent Socialist gentlemen's speech is that making a profit is a sin. It is my belief that the real sin is taking a loss!”
“The substance of the universe is obedient and compliant; and the reason which governs it has in itself no cause for doing evil, for it has no malice, nor does it do evil to anything, nor is anything harmed by it. But all things are made and perfected according to this reason.”
Source: Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Golden Sayings, Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus, Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion
“The substance of the winds is too thin for human eyes, their written language is too difficult for human minds, and their spoken language mostly too faint for the ears.”
Source: The Wilderness Journeys
“The substance of what it means to be a geek is essentially someone who's brave enough to love something against judgment. The heart of being a geek is a little bit of rejection.”
“The substance, the essence, the Spirit is freedom.”
“The substantial uncertainty about the path of asset price movements going forward necessarily reduces the case for altering policy in advance of the move.”
“The substantive difference between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama is not really that great.”
“The substitute for knowledge is money.”
“The substitute that thinks his place below him, will certainly be below his place.”
“The substitutes are all on the bench, and that's where they'll start the match.”
“The substitution of meaning accounts for the grasping of misers as well as the extravagance of spendthrifts. Karl Marx well understood this peculiar transformation of flesh into coin.”
“The substitution of the internal combustion engine for the horse marked a very gloomy milestone in the progress of mankind.”
Source: Winston Churchill, His Wit and Wisdom: Selections from His Works and Speeches
“The subtext of a lot of the "how to be a good ally" stuff is that a lot of liberal white folks still have pretty segregated social circles and the truth is if they started tugging on that thread they'd find some questions that lead to the answers they're looking for.
(6/4/2020 on Twitter)”
“The subtle and deadly change of heart that might occur in you would be involved with the realization that a civilization is not destroyed by wicked people; it is not necessary that people be wicked but only that they be spineless.”
Source: The Fire Next Time
“The subtle are the causes, the gross the effects.”
Source: Raja Yoga: Art of Living
“The subtle art of being the perfect imperfection is smiling through tears.”
“The subtle body must be intact to transmit the kundalini.”
“The subtle dance of the body joins us to the world.”
Source: The Silent Pulse
“The subtle difference in our attitude can make a major difference in our future. It can be as simple as the language we use.”
“The subtle differences in language and humor that get lost in translation, for example, make it almost impossible for big companies to do something that will appeal at home and abroad.”
“The subtle generational cues that make one thing cool and another uncool aren't always obvious to a parent. My children are my dinner-table sounding board. I've come up with some wonderful ideas that they universally dismissed as 'lame.'”
“The subtle performances of the leads, the remarkable Irrfan Khan and the engaging Nimrat Kaur, make 'The Lunchbox' a pleasure to watch.”
“The subtle physical body is made up of strands of luminous energy, and the energies are flowing through them constantly in the etheric plane. Above the subtle body is the causal body.”
“The subtle physical body protects the body's physical health. It is the radiant life force that is you. When you get sick, it is because there is a problem with your subtle physical body.”
“The subtle sauce of malice is often indulged in by maidens of uncertain age, over their tea.”
“The subtle thought of the enemy is far better than the blatant disorder of the engagement”
“The subtle whispers, cues and nudges are there as guideposts, to gently carry the humble listener along the path back to the source and the true self.”
“The subtler one's awareness, the more powerfully it can heal.”
“The subtlest and most vicious aspect of women's oppression is that we have been conditioned to believe we are not oppressed, blinded so as not to see our own condition.”
Source: The Word of a Woman: Feminist Dispatches
“The subtlest beauties in our life are unseen and unheard.”
“The subtlest change in New York is something people don't speak much about but that is in everyone's mind. The city, for the first time in its long history, is destructible. A single flight of planes no bigger than a wedge of geese can quickly end this island fantasy, burn the towers, crumble the bridges, turn the underground passages into lethal chambers, cremate the millions. The intimation of mortality is part of New York now: in the sound of jets overhead, in the black headlines of the latest edition. (Written in 1949, 22 years before the World Trade Center was completed.)”
“The subtlest lie of all is the full truth.”
Source: Elric: The Revenge of the Rose
“The subtlest of subtleties, this is the gateway to all mysteries.”
“The subtleties of mathematics defecate the grossness of our apprehension, and supply the elements of a sounder and severer logic.”
Source: Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries
“The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding.”
“The suburb is a place where someone cuts down all the trees to build houses, and then names the streets after the trees.”
“The suburb was the major element of Australian society.”
“The suburban cycle which began a hundred years ago is nearly over. We are in for a period of contraction and economic hardship.”
“The suburban dream began innocently enough one and a half centuries ago, with a weariness of city life and a craving for all things green bright and pure.”
Source: The New Suburban Woman
“The suburban housewife - she was the dream image of the young American women and the envy, it was said, of women all over the world. The American housewife - freed by science and labor-saving appliances from the drudgery, the dangers of childbirth, and the illnesses of her grandmother had found true feminine fulfillment.”
Source: The Feminine Mystique
“The suburban landscape is alien and strange and exotic. I photograph it out of longing and desire. My photographs are also about repression and internal angst.”