Quotes about essence
essence division principles
Once it has been perceived that the division of labour is the essence of society, nothing remains of the antithesis between individual and society. The contradiction between individual principle and social principle disappears. Ludwig von Mises
essence painting realism visible
Painting is the representation of visible forms. . . The essence of realism is its negation of the ideal. Gustave Courbet
essence cooperation linked
Getting along with others is the essence of getting ahead, success being linked with cooperation. William Feather
essence seemed
I thought Essence had a lot more points. She seemed more active.
essence world firsts
I acted before I sang. And I did The Cosby Show, and things like that. But the music kind of came first. And it was a part of my essence. So I knew that I would evolve into this world. Alicia Keys
essence neurosis blame
We can actually put the essence of neurosis in a single word: blaming - or damning. Albert Ellis
essence ideas numbers
There is no longer a single idea explaining everything, but an infinite number of essences giving a meaning to an infinite number of objects. The world comes to a stop, but also lights up. Albert Camus
essence nostalgia innocence
Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being.
essence difficult-questions heuristics
This is the essence of intuitive heuristics: when faced with a difficult question, we often answer an easier one instead, usually without noticing the substitution. Daniel Kahneman
essence burlesque
Heroics that don't come off are the very essence of burlesque. Dorothy L. Sayers
essence feelings suffering
We are all basically the same human beings, who seek happiness and try to avoid suffering. Everybody is my peer group. Your feeling "I am of no value" is wrong. Absolutely wrong. Dalai Lama
essence soup paint
I wanted to paint nothing. I was looking for something that was the essence of nothing, and the soup can was it. Andy Warhol
essence way looks
I read poetry every day. I love the boiled down essence of poetry. I look for poetry in prose. In a way that evocative. Andre Dubus
essence essence-of-life
Change is the essence of life. Anatole France
essence imperfection being-imperfect
I cling to my imperfection, as the very essence of my being.
essence silence secret
I love your silences, they are like mine. You are the only being before whom I am not distressed by my own silences. You have a vehement silence, one feels it is charged with essences, it is a strangely alive silence, like a trap open over a well, from which one can hear the secret murmur of the earth itself. Anais Nin
essence mind wire
I've realized that the world is, in essence, full of banana peels - loaded with things that may unwittingly trip an internal wire in my mind, opening a floodgate of fears without warning. Amanda Lindhout
essence balance
The essence of health is inner balance. Andrew Weil
essence doors police
The police are asking through the bedroom door, why did I make a batch of strawberry daiquiris before I called them? Because we were out of raspberries. Because, can't they see, it just does not matter. Time was not of the essence. Chuck Palahniuk
essence worry people
We have to be on guard that we don't spend so much time worrying about terrorism and guarding ourselves that we start to lose the essence of who we are as an open, freedom-loving people, welcoming to the rest of the world. Colin Powell
essence class justice
The essence of a class system is not that the privileged are conscious of their privileges, but that the deprived are conscious of their deprivations. Clive James
essence facts effects
In fact, a sense of essence is, in essence, the essence of sense, in effect. Douglas Hofstadter
essence cups pleasure
Pleasure, that immortal essence, the beauteous bead sparkling in the cup, effervesces soon and subsides. Amos Bronson Alcott
essence style development
The very essence of architecture consists of a variety and development reminiscent of natural organic life. This is the only true style in architecture Alvar Aalto
essence dancing feelings
Everything in dancing is style, allusion, the essence of many thoughts and feelings. The abstraction of many moments. Alvin Ailey
essence culinary stomach
Rhubarb: essence of stomach ache. Ambrose Bierce
essence community black
If you look at the true essence of the Black Panthers, they were more of a community protection group. Anthony Mackie
essence silence ingredients
Silence... is the essence of the music itself, the vital ingredient that makes it possible for the music to exist at all. Alfred Brendel
essence heaven despair
A calm despair, without angry convulsions or reproaches directed at heaven, is the essence of wisdom. Alfred de Vigny
essence goal perspective
Strip away all the assumptions about what competition is supposed to do, all the claims in its behalf that we accept and repeat reflexively. What you have left is the essence of the concept: mutually exclusive goal attainment (MEGA). One person succeeds only if another does not. From this uncluttered perspective, it seems clear right away that something is drastically wrong with such an arrangement. How can we do our best when we are spending our energies trying to make others lose--and fearing that they will make us lose? Alfie Kohn
essence knew
I was such a fan of 'True Blood;' I knew the essence of it. Robert Kazinsky
essence goal lust
The essence of chastity is not the suppression of lust, but the total orientation of one's life towards a goal. Without such a goal, chastity is bound to become ridiculous. Chastity is the sine qua non of lucidity and concentration. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
essence grace discipleship
The essence of grace, we suppose, is that the account has been paid in advance; and, because it has been paid, everything can be had for nothing.