Quotes about Matter

laws of moral nature answer to those of matter as face

This relation between the mind and matter is not fancied by some poet, but stands in the will of God, and so is free to be known by all men. It appears to men, or it does not appear. When in fortunate hours we ponder this miracle, the wise man doubts, if, at all other times, he is not blind and deaf;

The earth matters, our bodies matter, animals and trees matter, matter matters, because God created them and intends them to manifest his glory.

Religions that attempt to keep the body sacred while denying the Creator's hand are in the same boat as skeptics who try to protect life while saying it is nothing more than matter.

Without truth, spirituality is nothing more than a hopeless confession that sheer matter alone does not answer life's deepest hungers.

Without truth, spirituality is nothing more than a hopeless confession that sheer matter alone does not answer life's deepest hungers. Truth is the thread that separates true spirituality from false spirituality. Spirituality does not give relevance to life; rather, truth gives relevance to spirituality.

Science expresses the universe in five terms: time, space, matter, power, and motion. Genesis 1:1-2 perfectly revealed such truths to the Hebrews in 1450 BC: "In the beginning (time) God created (power) the heaven (space) and the earth (matter)… and the spirit of God moved (motion) upon the face of the waters." The first things God tells man is that he controls all aspects of the universe.

But that doesn't seem to matter; all that does matter is that the information comes from a reputable source.

We know we are called to act like quality men with urgency that is governed by clarity in the strength of the Lord. What remains is this matter of love.

All men matter. You matter. I matter. It's the hardest thing in theology to believe.

Man is the matter of the cosmos, contemplating itself.

O Nature, and O soul of man! how far beyond all utterance are your linked analogies; not the smallest atom stirs or lives on matter, but has its cunning duplicate in mind.