Quotes about essence
essence virtue fragrance
Virtues, like essences, lose their fragrance when exposed. William Shenstone
essence civilization triumph
The argument now that the spread of pop culture and consumer goods around the world represents the triumph of Western civilization trivializes Western culture. The essence of Western civilization is the Magna Carta, not the Magna Mac. The fact that non-Westerners may bite into the latter has no implications for their accepting the former. Samuel P. Huntington
essence transcendentalism divorced
Meaning is what essence becomes when it is divorced from the object of reference and wedded to the word. Willard Van Orman Quine
essence giving mind
The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mold of the body and mind. Virginia Woolf
essence divinity mystery
Mystery is the essence of divinity Zora Neale Hurston
essence form manifestation
Every phenomenon manifests itself of its own accord. This manifestation is always distinct from form, and is the essence of the immediate, the trace of the immediate. Yves Klein
essence world prejudice
Almost every sect of Christianity is a perversion of its essence, to accommodate it to the prejudices of the world. William Hazlitt
essence age christianity
Christianity stretches back through the ages, but in essence it exists only at one time: right now. Yann Martel
essence hip-hop community
No matter how far you go, if you can't go back to the essence, you're not sayin' nothin'. The essence for me is hip-hop. But the hip-hop community I came up in isn't a loyal community. Wyclef Jean
essence melody
Melody is the essence of music. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
essence rights suffering
Freedom of movement is the very essence of our free society -- once the right to travel is curtailed, all other rights suffer. William O. Douglas