Quotes by Essence Bodhidharma who brought Zen from India to the Orient, taught a very pure Zen - in that it was pure Zen. He wanted to show that the way still existed and wanted to get back to its essence. Frederick Lenz taughtindiaessence Now when I speak about Zen, I have a problem, in the sense that the Zen of today has lost the essence, in my estimation, of what I call "old Zen." Frederick Lenz problemessencetoday All government is, in its essence, organized exploitation, and in virtually all of its existing forms it is the implacable enemy of every industrious and well-disposed man. H. L. Mencken votingessencemen If you are psychic you will become much more aware of the beauty of life. If you are psychic, when you look at a rose, you will see and feel the essence of the rose. Frederick Lenz psychicsessencerose Now, the reason that we think computer science is about computers is pretty much the same reason that the Egyptians thought geometry was about surveying instruments. And that is, when some field is just getting started and you don't really understand it very well, it's very easy to confuse the essence of what you're doing with the tools that you use. Hal Abelson toolsessencethinking It is on the acceptance or rejection of the theory of the Unity of all in Nature, in its ultimate Essence, that mainly rests the belief or unbelief in the existence around us of other conscious beings besides the Spirits of the Dead. H. P. Blavatsky rejectionessenceacceptance The Universe is the periodical manifestation of this unknown Absolute Essence. H. P. Blavatsky manifestationabsolutesessence Government, in its very essence, is opposed to all increase in knowledge. Its tendency is always towards permanence and against change...[T]he progress of humanity, far from being the result of government, has been made entirely without its aid and in the face if its constant and bitter opposition. H. L. Mencken governmentessencehumanity Doing, not learning to do, is the essence of entrepreneurship. Guy Kawasaki entrepreneurshipessence In crime fiction, I just don't write the parts that aren't a thriller and it's exactly the same in my TV reporting - I distill the essence of the story until it's only the jewels of the tale - and leave in only the most compelling and exciting parts. Hank Phillippi Ryan essencejewelswriting Love can never explain the loved one, my dear. It is the essence of wild unreason. Han Suyin dearloved-onesessence Human history is, in essence, a history of ideas. H. G. Wells historicalessenceideas Everything that we do has a spiritual essence. There is a spiritual dimension in everything. All of life has meaning and everything that you do in life is in preparation for your great meeting. This great meeting is your meeting with your Lord, which is absolutely inevitable. Hamza Yusuf preparationessencespiritual Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day after day he invents machines and devices that increase noise and distract humanity from the essence of life, contemplation, meditation. Hans Arp technologyessencemen Any work that is not rooted in myth and poetry or that does not partake of the depth and essence of the universe is merely a ghost. Hans Arp depthessencedoe The essence of a sculpture must enter on tip-toe, as light as animal footprints on snow. Hans Arp lightessenceanimal Both induction and deduction, reasoning from the particular and the general, and back again from the universal to the specific, form the essence to scientific thinking. Hans Christian von Baeyer formessencethinking The essence of the question is the opening up, and keeping open, of possibilities. Hans-Georg Gadamer possibilityopening-upessence The totalitarian attempt at global conquest and total domination has been the destructive way out of all impasses. Its victory may coincide with the destruction of humanity; wherever it has ruled, it has begun to destroy the essence of man. Hannah Arendt essencehumanitymen The process of translating comprises in its essence the whole secret of human understanding of the world and of social communication. Hans-Georg Gadamer communicationunderstandingessence«3233343536373839404142»
