Essence Quotes

The essence of our whole path is in that place of discomfort, and what do we do with it?

True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not contempt; its essence is love. It issues not in laughter, but in still smiles, which lie far deeper.

Speed is the essence of war.

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.

Pure essence, and pure matter, and the two joined into one were shot forth without flaw, like three bright arrows from a three-string bow.

Time is of the essence - and I'm very short of essence.

Most software has a tiny essence that justifies its existence, everything after that is wants and desires mistaken for needs and necessities.

Indifference is the essence of inhumanity.

The essence of style is how you live your life

What hurts the soul? To live without tasting the water of its own essence.

Everybody who cares for his art seeks the essence of his own technique.

Create a gap of no-mind in which you are highly alert and aware but not thinking. This is the essence of meditation.

Purify yourself from the attributes of self, so that you may see your own pure, untarnished essence.

A good idea for a new business tends not to occur in isolation, and often the window of opportunity is very small. So speed is of the essence.

Aioli intoxicates gently, fills the body with warmth, and the soul with enthusiasm. In its essence it concentrates the strength, the gaiety of Provence: sunshine.

The hardest part of the software task is arriving at a complete and consistent specification, and much of the essence of building a program is in fact the debugging of the specification.

Direct observation of the luminous essence of nature is for me indispensable

The essence of cinema is editing. It's the combination of what can be extraordinary images of people during emotional moments, or images in a general sense, put together in a kind of alchemy.

In dramatic writing, the very essence is character change. The character at the end is not the same as he was at the beginning. He's changed-psychologically, maybe even physically.

The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.

To have real knowledge, one must understand the essence of things and not only their manifestations.

Love is the essence of the holiness of the Church.

Perfume is magic. It's mystery. We recreate the smell of a flower. Of wood. Of grass. We capture the essence of life. Liquefy it. We store memories. We make dreams.

Love withers with predictability; its very essence is surprise and amazement. To make love a prisoner of the mundane is to take its passion and lose it forever.

Be true to yourself, and stick with who you are through thick and thin without letting anyone dilute your essence.

Love has its source in God, for love is the very essence of His being.

If you're not electing Christians, then in essence you are going to legislate sin.

The essence of the free press is the reliable, reasonable and moral nature of freedom.

The uncertainty of the danger belongs to the essence of terrorism.

Wherever riches have increased, the essence of religion has decreased in the same proportion.

The essence of a general's job is to assist in developing a clear sense of purpose . to keep the junk from getting in the way of important things.

Pride is more than the first of the seven deadly sins; it is itself the essence of all sin.

Each of us was created to rule, govern, control, master, manage, and lead our environments. You are in essence a leader, no matter who you are.

Speed is the absolute essence of any form of combat

The essence of temptation is the invitation to live independently of God.

The essence of profound insight is simplicity.

The essence of generosity is letting go. Pain is always a sign that we are holding on to something - usually ourselves.

Professors known as outstanding lecturers do two things; they use a simple plan and many examples.

To cognize the Divine Essence - this is the highest purpose of soul, sent by the Creator to the Earth!

Back through the ages of barbarism and civilization, in all tongues, we find this instinctive pleasure in the imitative action that is the very essence of all drama.

She didn't need to go to acting school to learn that the essence of acting is to act like you're not acting.

True literature is more than just a story someone has told. It must provide the reader with the essence of the world on a moral, philosophical and emotional level.

Criticism is the essence of creation.

It is of the essence of the demand for equality before the law that people should be treated alike in spite of the fact that they are different.

The essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scale.

Advertising is the very essence of democracy.

The essence of saintliness is total acceptance of the present moment, harmony with things as they happen.

History is, in its essence, exciting; to present it as dull is, to my mind, stark and unforgivable misrepresentation.

All truths are erroneous. This is the very essence of the dialectical process: today's truths become errors tomorrow; there is no final number.

Self-control is only courage under another form. It may also be regarded as the primary essence of character.