Quotes about essence
essence mind suffering
The worst tragedy is that this uncontrolled mind steals our consciousness away from Krishna and that is the beginning, the essence of all suffering. Radhanath Swami
essence speak live-by
Speak the essence and live by it.
essence empowering spirituality
We have to seek the essence of all religions; then we can see how spirituality actually unites us and empowers us instead of breaking us down.
essence forgotten god-love
Pure love of God is our nature, but we are so much diverted, so much distracted by the externals that we've forgotten that it's our essence.
essence inquiry genius
The inquiry leads us to that source, at once the essence of genius, of virtue, and of life, which we call Spontaneity or Instinct. Ralph Waldo Emerson
essence age intellect
The essence of age is intellect. Wherever that appears, we call it old.
essence solitude faces
The solitary knows the essence of the thought, the scholar in society only its fair face.
essence giving tea
I like it when the waiter askes you if you want parmesan cheese on your dinner, yeah, give me essence of puke all over me tea! Lee Evans
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 doe arguing
God does not exist. He is being-itself beyond essence and existence. Therefore to argue that God exists is to deny him. Paul Tillich
essence capture form
A novel captures essence that is not possible in any other form. Paul Theroux
essence ideas apples
In short, what the living wage is really about is not living standards, or even economics, but morality. Its advocates are basically opposed to the idea that wages are a market price-determined by supply and demand, the same as the price of apples or coal. And it is for that reason, rather than the practical details, that the broader political movement of which the demand for a living wage is the leading edge is ultimately doomed to failure: For the amorality of the market economy is part of its essence, and cannot be legislated away. Paul Krugman
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 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 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 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 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