Quotes by Essence The necessity for power is obvious, because life cannot be lived without order; but the allocation of power is arbitrary because all men are alike, or very nearly. Yet power must not seem to be arbitrarily allocated, because it will not then be recognized as power. Therefore prestige, which is illusion, is of the very essence of power. Simone Weil essencemenorder Those who keep the masses of men in subjection by exercising force and cruelty deprive them at once of two vital foods, liberty and obedience; for it is no longer within the power of such masses to accord their inner consent to the authority to which they are subjected. Those who encourage a state of things in which the hope of gain is the principle motive take away from men their obedience, for consent which is its essence is not something which can be sold. Simone Weil essenceexercisemen The point is not how long you meditate; the point is whether the practice actually brings you to a certain state of mindfulness and presence, where you are a little open and able to connect with your heart essence. And five minutes of wakeful sitting practice is of far greater value than twenty minutes of dozing! Sogyal Rinpoche essencepracticeheart It may be that vice, depravity, and crime are nearly always, or even perhaps always, in their essence, attempts to eat beauty, to eat what we should only look at. Simone Weil vicesessencebeauty ...we and all sentient beings fundamentally have the buddha nature as our innermost essence. . . . Sogyal Rinpoche awarenessnatureessence And when you talk about realization, accomplishment for that matter enlightenment is that when you realize the fundamental essence of your mind. Sogyal Rinpoche accomplishmentessencemind The essence of seduction for me in a man, although it stems from his rough, almost rough-neck looks, still contains something of the woman: he must be seductive and intelligent. Sonia Rykiel intelligentessencemen I feel that Jazz improvisation is the ultimate. You have to create on the spot, the essence of this music. Sonny Rollins jazz-improvisationmusicessence When I call myself an affirmative action baby, I'm talking about the essence of what affirmative action was when it started. Sonia Sotomayor essencetalkingbaby If we live in our oneness-heart, we will feel the essence of all religions which is the love of God. Forgiveness, compassion, tolerance, brotherhood and the feeling of oneness are the signs of a true religion. Sri Chinmoy compassionessenceheart O fire of love! Was it not enough for You to have created us to Your image and likeness, and to have recreated us in grace through the Blood of Your Son, without giving Yourself wholly to us as our Food, O God, Divine Essence? What impelled You to do this? Your charity alone. St. Catherine of Siena fire-of-loveessenceson The subliminal mind receives and remembers all those touches that delight the soul. Our soul takes joy in this right touching by the Essence of all experience. Sri Aurobindo lightessencejoy What you call the psychic being is the mind of the vital. The heart is the seat of this mind. And this mind is the essence of the senses. It receives things from outside, acts upon things that are outside - knows, gives consent, takes interest in them. But this mind cannot be the Ishwara, but it is the knower, the giver of the consent. Sri Aurobindo psychicsessenceheart The essence of the miracle of forgiveness is that it brings peace to the previously anxious, restless, frustrated, perhaps tormented soul. Spencer W. Kimball forgivenessmiracleessence If we live in our oneness-heart, we will feel the essence of all religions, which is love of God. But if we live in the mind, we will only try to separate one religion from another and see how their ideologies differ. It is the heart that can have a true intuitive understanding of the height and breadth of all religions. It is the heart that sees and feels the inner harmony and oneness of all religions. Sri Chinmoy onenessessenceheart What is beautiful? Whatever is perceived joyfully is beautiful. Bliss is the essence of beauty. Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj essencebeautifulbeauty The essence of saintliness is total acceptance of the present moment, Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj momentsessenceacceptance Love is the essence of the universe,. Love in action is service. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar essenceactionlove-is I liked taking the elements of roadside advertising out of context because it removes the imperative and just goes to the essence of it - the pure heart of advertising. Stanley Donwood elementsessenceheart The essence in obedience consists in the fact that a person comes to view himself as an instrument for carrying out another person's wishes and he therefore no longer regards himself as responsible for his actions. Stanley Milgram essenceviewswish«7980818283848586878889»
