Quotes by Essence In the past, humans hesitated when they took lives, even non-human lives. But society had changed, and they no longer felt that way. As humans grew stronger, I think that we became quite arrogant, losing the sorrow of 'we have no other choice.' I think that in the essence of human civilization, we have the desire to become rich without limit, by taking the lives of other creatures. Hayao Miyazaki essencepastthinking The conflict of forces and the struggle of opposing wills are of the essence of our universe and alone hold it together. Havelock Ellis essencestruggletogether Love is the essence of all religion, mysticism, and philosophy, and for the one who has learned this, love fulfills the purpose of religion, ethics, and philosophy, and the lover is raised above all diversities of faiths and beliefs. Hazrat Inayat Khan essencelove-isphilosophy Art is limitation; the essence of every picture is the frame. If you draw a giraffe, you must draw him with a long neck. If in your bold creative way you hold yourself free to draw a giraffe with a short neck, you will really find that you are not free to draw a giraffe. Gilbert K. Chesterton essencelongart Exerting yourself to the fullest within your individual limits: that's the essence of running, and a metaphor for life Haruki Murakami limitsessencerunning Union and Communion: this is the essence of Christianity. Heidi Baker unionscompassionessence The essence of all religion is to be willing to risk your life for a belief - not for survival. Helen Foster Snow risksurvivalessence The essence of a sound style is that it cannot be reduced to rules-that it is a living and breathing thing with something of the devilish in it-that it fits its proprietor tightly yet ever so loosely, as his skin fits him. It is, in fact, quite as seriously an integral part of him as that skin is. . . . In brief, a style is always the outward and visible symbol of a man, and cannot be anything else. H. L. Mencken breathingessencemen The inner story, though the same in essence for all, is always single and unique in each human being, never before lived and never to be repeated. Helen M. Luke uniqueessencestories In essence, the education department argues that the quality of the education children receive is irrelevant, as long as someone stands in front of the class. Helen Zille essenceclasschildren Nothing is more futile than theorizing about music. No doubt there are laws, mathematically strict laws, but these laws are not music; they are only its conditions? The essence of music is revelation. Heinrich Heine essencedoubtlaw Repose is the secret of all contemplation and meditation, the secret of getting in tune with that aspect of life which is the essence of all things. When one is not accustomed to take repose, one does not know what is behind one's being. Hazrat Inayat Khan yogameditationessence For life is tendency, and the essence of a tendency is to develop in the form of a sheaf, creating, by its very growth, divergent directions among which its impetus is divided. Henri Bergson creatingessencelife It is the very essence of intelligence to coordinate means with a view to a remote end, and to undertake what it does not feel absolutely sure of carrying out. Henri Bergson essenceviewsmean It is of man's essence to create materially and morally, to fabricate things and to fabricate himself. Homo faber is the definition I propose ... Homo faber, Homo sapiens, I pay my respects to both, for they tend to merge. Henri Bergson definitionsessencemen There is no interruption between my older paintings and my cutouts. Just that with an increasing sense of the absolute, and more abstraction, I have achieved a form that is simplified to its essence. Henri Matisse paintingformessence The essence of self-fulfillment and autonomous culture is an unshakable egotism. H. L. Mencken essenceselfculture Consider the idea of a God who is essentially sadness and longing, yearning to reveal himself, to know himself through a being who knows him, thereby depending on that being who is still himself - yet who in this sense creates Him. Here we have a vision which has never been professed outside of a few errant knights of mysticism. To profess this essential bipolarity of the divine essence is not to confuse creator and created, creature and creation. It is to experience the irrevocable solidarity between the Fravarti and its Soul, in the battle they undertake for each other`s sake. Henry Corbin sadnessknightsessence Pornography works to a degree, high quality works, bad is obvious. Nobody goes for bad. The terrible middle ground is the mediocre. That was kind of the essence, in a way, of broadcast television when there were only three channels. Henry Blodget degreesqualityessence Above all, I craved to seize the whole essence, in the confines of one single photograph, of some situation that was in the process of unrolling itself before my eyes. Henri Cartier-Bresson eyephotographyessence«3435363738394041424344»
