Samuel Butler (novelist) Quote

You cannot have a thing "matter" by itself which shall have no motion in it, nor yet a thing "motion" by itself which shall exist apart from matter; you must have both or neither. You can have matter moving much, or little, and in all conceivable ways; but you cannot have matter without any motion more than you can have motion without any matter that is moving.


The Note-books of Samuel Butler: Easyread Large Bold Edition (ed. 2008)


You cannot have a thing matter by itself which shall have no motion in it, nor yet a thing motion by itself which shall exist apart from matter; you...

You cannot have a thing matter by itself which shall have no motion in it, nor yet a thing motion by itself which shall exist apart from matter; you...

You cannot have a thing matter by itself which shall have no motion in it, nor yet a thing motion by itself which shall exist apart from matter; you...

You cannot have a thing matter by itself which shall have no motion in it, nor yet a thing motion by itself which shall exist apart from matter; you...