Essence Quotes

For the essence of science, I would suggest, is simply the refusal to believe on the basis of hope.

Surprise is the essence of humor, and nothing is more surprising than truth.

Advertising is the very essence of democracy.

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

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

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

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

..people are working harder than ever, but because they lack clarity and vision, they aren’t getting very far. They, in essence, are pushing a rope...with all of their might.

For God's will gave men their form, their essence and their abilities. Anyone who destroys His work is declaring war on the Lord's creation, the divine will.

Each human needs to find his or her timeless and formless essence identity

Adventure is the essence of life.

Desire is the essence of a man.

The essence of wisdom, from a practical standpoint, is pausing long enough to look at our lives-invitations, opportunities, relationships-from God's perspective. And then acting on it

The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries.

Science knows the qualities of electricity, but not its real essence.

I would not change very much about the American theater. I marvel and rejoice in the way the country's regional theaters have formed a network that has become, in essence, our National Theater.

Initiative is the essence of manhood. Noting comes to the man who is passive, except failure.

In photography one should surely proceed from essence of the object and attempt to represent it with photographic terms alone.

Democracy can be sustained and developed only by people who understand its essence.

Canada is the essence of not being. Not English, not American, it is the mathematic of not being. And a subtle flavour - we're more like celery as a flavour.

We should learn to love everyone equally, because in essence we are all one, one Atman, one soul.

We are on earth as extensions of God to finish the work He began. We are the essence of God, His on-going incarnation in the world.

The essence of analysis is surprise. When people are themselves surprised by what they say, that's when they are really making some progress.

I had an essence in my life that I was nothing.

What is real is not the external form, but the essence of things.

Morandi gave an intimate view of his deepest thoughts. We watched him inquiring after the devilish questions of essences and substances.

The essence of pleasure is spontaneity.

The essence of management is to make knowledge productive.

I understand Being in all and over all, as there is nothing without participation in Being, and there is no being without Essence. Thus nothing can be free of the Divine Presence.

No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him.

Between the desire And the spasm, Between the potency And the existence, Between the essence And the descent, Falls the Shadow.

The essence of influence is pull. It's an attraction. Great influencers attract people, to themselves, and to their ideas.

The wealth within you, your essence, is your kingdom.

Probably the most profound thing in the Bible is 'Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you.' This is what, to me, is the essence of Christianity.

When public virtue is gone, when the national spirit is fled the republic is lost in essence, though it may still exist in form

Human history is, in essence, a history of ideas.

Choice is the essence of ethics: if there were no choice there would be no ethics, no good, no evil; good and evil have meaning only insofar as man is free to choose.

Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies and cuts through to the essence of the evolutionary spirit.

The inability to stop is the essence of what addiction is, ... my favorite drug was more and all.

The essence of painting has actually always been to make it [the universal] plastically perceptible through colour and line.

The essence of conservative ideology is its being anchored in the divine order of things.

The task of the architectural project is to reveal, through the transformation of form, the essence of the surrounding context.

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.

The Universe is the periodical manifestation of this unknown Absolute Essence.

The essence of femininity is to absolutely love being a woman.

Overcoming negative tendencies and enhancing positive potential are the very essence of the spiritual path.

The heart of the gospel is redemption, and the essence of redemption is the substitutionary sacrifice of Christ.

Man only progresses by slowly elaborating from age to age the essence and the totality of a universe deposited within him.

The essence of drawing is the line exploring space.

A calm despair, without angry convulsions or reproaches directed at heaven, is the essence of wisdom.