Quotes by Essence To be bigoted & argue with others, is to subject one's essence of mind to the bitterness of mundane existence. Huineng bitternessessencemind The whole language of nature informs us, that in animated beings there is something above our powers of investigation; something which employs, combines, and arranges the gross elements of matter - a spark of celestial fire, by which life is kindled and preserved, and which, if even the instruments it employs are indestructible in their essence, must itself, of necessity, be immortal. Humphry Davy natureessencefire If we reverse the outer shell and the essence--in other words, consider the outer shell the essence and the essence only the shell--our lives might be a whole lot easier to understand. Haruki Murakami shellsessencemight Seest thou how pale the sated guest rises from supper, where the appetite is puzzled with varieties? The body, too, burdened with I yesterday's excess, weighs down the soul, and fixes to the earth this particle of the divine essence. Horace essencesoulyesterday Walnuts have a shell, and they have a kernel. Religions are the same. They have an essence, but then they have a protective coating. This is not the only way to put it. But it's my way. So the kernels are the same. However, the shells are different. Huston Smith shellsdifferentessence Every society and religion has rules, for both have moral laws. And the essence of morality consists, as in art, of drawing the line somewhere. Huston Smith essencelawart Exerting yourself to the limit over and over again, that is the essence of running. Running is painful, but the pain doesn't leave me, I can take care of it. That agrees with my mentality. Haruki Murakami painessencerunning 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 compassionessencehumanity The very essence of success is practice. Ignacy Jan Paderewski essencepractice Some objects and events may be photographed, others, if one is to render their true quality, should be painted or set to music, since their essence is more faithfully reproduced through imagination than by the journalistic report. Ilka Chase photographyessenceimagination Is it not by love alone that we succeed in penetrating to the very essence of being? Igor Stravinsky essencesuccesslove It's the essence of a degenerating mind periodically, to lose all sense of continuous self, and therefore any regard for what others think of your lack of continuity. Ian Mcewan essenceselfthinking Ingratitude is the essence of vileness. Immanuel Kant inspirational-christmasgratitudeessence If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama. Irving Babbitt democracyessencemen The essence of leadership is the capacity to build and develop the self-esteem of the workers. Irwin Federman essenceself-esteemcapacity We live in a regime built on force and lies. In essence, it's the same here as in Uzbekistan, except the government here is better at presenting itself to the outside world. Isa Gambar uzbekistanessencelying There's a resonance inside us, a sense of who we are. We're a multi-bodied traveler. We're an essence. We're a feeling, an awareness that has an ancient existence. Frederick Lenz who-we-areessencefeelings A subject to which few intellectuals ever give a thought is the right to be a vagrant, the freedom to wander. Yet vagrancy is a deliverance, and life on the open road is the essence of freedom. To have the courage to smash the chains with which modern life has weighted us (under the pretext that it was offering us more liberty), then to take up the symbolic stick and bundle and get out. Isabelle Eberhardt offeringessencegiving But to manipulate men, to propel them toward goals which you-the social reformers-see, but they may not, is to deny their human essence, to treat them as objects without wills of their own, and therefore to degrade them. Isaiah Berlin freedomessencemen The essence of sculpture is for me the perception of space, the continuum of our existence. Isamu Noguchi spaceperceptionessence«3738394041424344454647»
