Abstract Notion Quotes

Energy is a very subtle concept. It is very, very difficult to get right.

Money is only a human invention.

The most powerful thing in the world is an idea.

What beauty is, I know not, though it adheres to many things.

I think that magic, at its root, is a very abstract notion. There's no real, approved definition. And, in that sense, it's like love; you can only see magic by the effect it has on people.

The Infinite is only a manner of speaking.

Jazz is an idea that is more powerful than the details of its history.

Beauty? To me it is a word without sense because I do not know where its meaning comes from nor where it leads to.

Energy is a concept that has been coined by physicists. There is no observable thing known as energy anywhere.

Some who are far from atheists, may make themselves merry with that conceit of thousands of spirits dancing at once upon a needle's point.

More than a shadow and less than a soul.

Well, the attractive thing about the subject of happiness is that it is notoriously difficult to write.

The atheistic idea is so nonsensical that I cannot put it into words.

Christianity is an idea, and as such is indestructible and immortal, like every idea.

The thing that cannot be defined is the first thing; the primary fact.

Within a social structure, a familial structure, or a cultural structure of various kinds, there is a substitute for actual freedom. I mean, actual freedom is a very abstract notion; we have no idea what it means, except within a context - freedom to do what? So within these social structures, freedom becomes defined as power, your ability to make choices, and the power relationship within a family, any family.

Home?' I say. It's a word that can mean anywhere and nowhere.

A trilogy is a pretty abstract notion. You can apply it to almost any three things.

We avoid sensuousness, only by resorting to simple negation. We come at last to define spirit by saying that it is not matter.