Quotes about essence
essence moments modern
The essence of the modern state is that the universal be bound up with the complete freedom of its particular members and with private well-being, that thus the interests of family and civil society must concentrate themselves on the state. It is only when both these moments subsist in their strength that the state can be regarded as articulated and genuinely organized. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
essence substance spirit
The substance, the essence, the Spirit is freedom.
essence tragedy dramatic
The essence of dramatic tragedy is not unhappiness. It resides in the solemnity of the remorseless working of things. Garrett Hardin
essence lord meditate name obtained servant sublime
The Lord has become merciful, and now I meditate on the Name of the Lord. Servant Nanak has obtained the sublime essence of the Lord.
essence body substance
Transient bodies are only subject to destruction through their substance and not through their form, nor can the essence of their form be destroyed; in this respect they are permanent. Maimonides
essence may problem
It is thus necessary to examine all things according to their essence, to infer from every species such true and well established propositions as may assist us in the solution of metaphysical problems.
essence violence belief
Belief in non-violence is based on the assumption that human nature in the essence is one and therefore unfailingly responds to the advances of love ... Mahatma Gandhi
essence democracy interest
The very essence of democracy is that every person represents all the varied interests which compose the nation.
essence simplicity universality
Simplicity is the essence of universality.
essence desire needs
If you distill the essence of everything, what life is about, every single one of us is given a short moment in time on this planet, and we all have one universal need and desire, and that is to be loved and to love. Gavin Newsom
essence soul eternity
Every natural form is latent within us, originates in the soul whose essence is eternity, whose essence we cannot know but which most often intimates itself to us as the power to love and create. Hermann Hesse
essence painting form
There is no interruption between my older paintings and my cutouts. Just that with an increasing sense of the absolute, and more abstraction, I have achieved a form that is simplified to its essence. Henri Matisse
essence exclusion materialism
The essence of worldliness is exclusion of God.
essence shells might
If we reverse the outer shell and the essence--in other words, consider the outer shell the essence and the essence only the shell--our lives might be a whole lot easier to understand. Haruki Murakami
essence loved-ones dear
Love can never explain the loved one, my dear. It is the essence of wild unreason. Han Suyin
essence people way
A Shakespeare could have arisen only on English soil. In the same way, your great dramatists and poets express the nature and essence of the Norwegian people, but they also express that which is universally valid for all mankind. Gustav Stresemann
essence law enemy
The essence of fascism is to make laws forbidding everything and then enforce them selectively against your enemies. John Lescroart
essence firsts limbs
Know in the first place, that mankind agree in essence, as they do in limbs and senses. Johann Kaspar Lavater
essence perception spirit
Everything is Spirit - in essence, though hidden in manifestation. If you had the perception, you would see God in everything. Paramahansa Yogananda
essence community relation
Relation is the essence of everything that exists.
essence matter facts
By itself, the question of the liturgy's essence and the standards of the reform has brought us back to the question of music and its position in the liturgy. And as a matter of fact one cannot speak about worship at all without also speaking of the music of worship. Pope Benedict XVI
essence encounters speak
The essence of Christianity...is an ever-new encounter with... the God who speaks to us, who approaches us and who befriends us!
essence lines painting
The essence of painting has actually always been to make it [the universal] plastically perceptible through colour and line. Piet Mondrian
essence focus stories
Fantasy allows you bend the world and the situation to more clearly focus on the moral aspects of what's happening. In fantasy you can distill life down to the essence of your story. Terry Goodkind
essence names giving
By virtue of this science the poet is the Namer, or Language-maker, naming things sometimes after their appearance, sometimes after their essence, and giving to every one its own name and not another's, thereby rejoicing the intellect, which delights in detachment or boundary. Ralph Waldo Emerson
essence spirit formal
Can such stiff and formal moldings as words capture the spirit-essence of love? Pearl S. Buck
essence age important
What is important-what lasts-in another language is not what is said but what is written. For the essence of an age, we look to its poetry and its prose, not its talk shows.
essence age lasts
What lasts is what is written. We look to literature to find the essence of an age.
essence way one-way
Nothing in its essence is one way or the other. Pema Chodron
essence realization
Everything is fresh, the essence of realization.
essence self bravery
The essence of bravery is being without self-deception.
essence path discomfort
The essence of our whole path is in that place of discomfort, and what do we do with it?
essence luxury joy
Times are difficult globally; awakening is no longer a luxury or an ideal. It’s becoming critical. We don’t need to add more depression, more discouragement, or more anger to what’s already here. It’s becoming essential that we learn how to relate sanely with difficult times. The earth seems to be beseeching us to connect with joy and discover our innermost essence. This is the best way that we can benefit others.