We know too much and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion and so is our religion.

There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship.

If the power to do hard work is not a skill it's the best possible substitute for it.

The so-called peace path is not peace and it is not a substitute for jihad and resistance.

There is no substitute for hard work 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance.

The mastery of nature is vainly believed to be an adequate substitute for self mastery.

My life so common it disappears and sometimes even music cannot substitute for tears.

We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight.

A lot of people seem to want to make the institution of marriage substitute for a real relationship.

Seeing unhappiness in the marriage of friends I was content to have chosen music and laughter as a substitute for a husband.