Quotes about essence
essence awful world
God is an essence that we know nothing of. Until this awful blasphemy is got rid of, there never will be any liberal science in the world. John Adams
essence choices arbitrary
You must put the essence of what you want to say into a painting. The rest is arbitrary. Chosen with discernment, but chosen, and choice involves elimination. Louise Bourgeois
essence leaders methods point power remove
The essence of the methods (used by the Kremlin) is to remove from power those leaders that are too independent from its point of view.
essence game
the essence of the game has been shot-making. John Stevens
essence learning spark teaching
The essence of teaching is to make learning contagious, to have one idea spark another. Marva Collins
essence happiness health life poverty wealth
The essence of life is seeked through polarities such as , health and illness, happiness and suffering, wealth and poverty and so on.
essence serious
The essence of a tragedy, or even of a serious play, is the spiritual awakening, or regeneration, of the hero.
essence heaven innocence
Losing innocence. Remembering Heaven. That was the essence of Hell John Jakes
essence games people
Pretending to be other people is my game and that to me is the essence of the whole business of acting. John Hurt
essence earth honey
we are continually overflowing toward those who preceded us, toward our origin, and toward those who seemingly come after us. ... It is our task to imprint this temporary, perishable earth into ourselves so deeply, so painfully and passionately, that its essence can rise again “invisibly,” inside us. We are the bees of the invisible. We wildly collect the honey of the visible, to store it in the great golden hive of the invisible. Rainer Maria Rilke
essence trying limits
The essence of strategy is that you must set limits on what you're trying to accomplish. Michael Porter
essence deep-thought transcendentalism
The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.
essence want firsts
The first essence of journalism is to know what you want to know, the second, is to find out who will tell you. John Gunther
essence transformation possibility
The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope. John Ortberg
essence confusion discipline
A person who is trained to consider his actions, to undertake them deliberately, is in so far forth disciplined. Add to this ability a power to endure in an intelligently chosen course in the face of distraction, confusion, and difficulty, and you have the essence of discipline. John Dewey
essence boredom novelty
The essence of boredom is to be found in the obsessive search for novelty. George Leonard
essence unions welfare
The essence of the modern state is the union of the universal with the full freedom of the particular, and with the welfare of individuals. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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.
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 meditation focus
Eventually, meditation will make our mind calm, clear, and as concentrated as a laser which we can focus at will. This capacity of one-pointed attention is the essence of genius. When we have this mastery over attention in everything we do, we have a genius for life. Eknath Easwaran
essence government people
Government by the people for the people becomes meaningless unless it includes major economic decision-making by the people for the people. This is not simply an economic matter. In essence it is an ethical and moral question, for whoever takes the important economic decisions in society ipso facto determines the social priorities of that society. Jimmy Reid
essence looks appearance
When we look at thing, we must examine its essence and treat its appearance merely as an usher at the threshold, we must, once we cross the threshold, grasp the essence of the thing. Mao Zedong
essence drunk ontology
I'm apt to get drunk on words...Ontology: the word about the essence of things; the word about being. Madeleine L'Engle
essence snakes trying
A snake will always be a snake, even if you put a chain around its neck and try to make it walk upright. Lisa Alther
essence creative acting
When it's working, what acting is really about is getting into the essence of a moment in a creative, joyous way - through whatever frees you up. Lili Taylor
essence needs poetry-is
Women do not have as great a need for poetry because their own essence is poetry. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
essence law enemy
The essence of fascism is to make laws forbidding everything and then enforce them selectively against your enemies. John Lescroart
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.