Essence Quotes
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I would like to do whatever it is that presses the essence from the hour.
Ellen Meloy -
Often the features metaphysicians are interested in, like causation, time, and essence, involve features that seem so basic or are so generally embedded in the way we experience the world that it takes special attention and focus to draw them out and develop an account of their nature.
L.A. Paul
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From the humanistic point of view every human achievement is unforgettable and immortal in its essence, even if it is replaced by a "better" one.
George Sarton -
The claim of the Zen followers that they are transmitting the essence of Buddhism is based on their belief that Zen takes hold of the enlivening spirit of the Buddha, stripped of all its historical and doctrinal garments.
D. T. Suzuki -
Overcoming negative tendencies and enhancing positive potential are the very essence of the spiritual path.
Dalai Lama -
Imagining what it is like to be someone other than yourself is at the core of our humanity. It is the essence of compassion, and it is the beginning of morality.
Ian Mcewan -
You are the Essence of the Essence, The intoxication of Love. I long to sing Your Praises but stand mute with the agony of wishing in my heart !
Rumi -
All a child's life depends on the ideal it has of its parents. Destroy that and everything goes — morals, behaviour, everything. Absolute trust in some one else is the essence of education.
E. M. Forster
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Psychoanalysis is in essence a cure through love.
Sigmund Freud -
Roots of the weed sucked first life from the genesis of earth and hold the essence of it still. Always the weed returns; the cultured plant retreats before it.
Beryl Markham -
Music at its essence is what gives us memories.
Stevie Wonder -
Orthodoxy and orthopraxy are both important and are both things that Jesus spoke to, but I no longer believe that either of these things belongs in the center of our circles. I think that spot should be reserved for the exact representation of love: Jesus. By erasing my central pursuit of orthodoxy and orthopraxy and replacing it with Jesus, the essence of love, I realized that perhaps Jesus was inviting us to pursue something even better than right thinking or right doing: he was inviting us to pursue a heart that is constantly increasing in is capacity to love.
Benjamin L. Corey -
I love to travel. I think it's the best education to experience how other people live. It reminds us of the abundance and variety we have in the world, but at our essence, we are all the same, we all want the same things: to live well, pursue our dreams, and be happy.
Kandyse McClure -
Style and Structure are the essence of a book; great ideas are hogwash.
Vladimir Nabokov
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The Great Being saith: Human utterance is an essence which aspireth to exert its influence and needeth moderation. As to its influence, this is conditional upon refinement which in turn is dependent upon hearts which are detached and pure. As to its moderation, this hath to be combined with tact and wisdom as prescribed in the Holy Scriptures and Tablets.
Bahá'u'lláh -
Ancient masters of excellence had a subtle essence, and a depth too profound to comprehend.
Lao Tzu -
If you're an artist, you do what you do, and in a way, you don't even control the core essence of what you do. You try to mold it and develop a style, but the core elements of what you do are just part of who you are.
Paul Banks Interpol -
Getting along with others is the essence of getting ahead, success being linked with cooperation.
William Feather -
To cognize the Divine Essence - this is the highest purpose of soul, sent by the Creator to the Earth!
Pythagoras -
The essence of good and evil is a certain disposition of the will.
Epictetus
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The essence of America lies not in the headlined heroes...but in the everyday folks who live and die unknown, yet leave their dreams as legacies
Alan Lomax -
Whereas the entire meaning of the Quran must easily be interpreted by the lives of Muslims, Islam's followers abandoned its essence.
Abdul Sattar Edhi -
The essence of compassion is a desire to alleviate the suffering of others and to promote their well-being
Dalai Lama -
These humiliations are the essence of the game.
Alistair Cooke