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Matter Quotes - Page 60

It is easy to infuse a most fervent devotion into others, even in a short time; but the great matter is - to persevere.

St Philip Neri (2009). “The Maxims and Sayings of St Philip Neri”, p.44, St Athanasius Press

Opposites can attract, as in magnetism. Or explode, as in matter and antimatter.

Peter David (2000). “A Rock and a Hard Place”, p.92, Simon and Schuster

We're just fragile machines programmed with a false sense of our own importance. And every now and then the universe sends a reminder that we don't really matter to it.

Neil Strauss (2011). “Emergency: One man's story of a dangerous world, and how to stay alive in it”, p.398, Canongate Books

As long as they are well-intentioned, mistakes are not a matter for shame but for learning

Margaret Heffernan (2015). “Beyond Measure: The Big Impact of Small Changes”, p.20, Simon and Schuster

How do you know that the incessant progress of science will not compel scientists to consider that life has existed during eternity, and not matter?

Partially quoted in "Louis Pasteur: Free Lance of Science" by René Dubos, Da Capo Press, Inc., (p. 396), 1950.