Essence Quotes

Becoming the reader is the essence of becoming a writer.

The highest reaches of music come thrillingly close to the central core and essence of life itself.

In a very real way, ownership is the essence of leadership. When you are ridiculously in charge, then you own whatever happens in a company, school, et cetera.

Limitations force you to find the essence of what you want to say, which is one of the most important things to know for an artist.

All deep things are song. It seems somehow the very central essence of us, song; as if all the rest were but wrappages and hulls!

You're always a little disappointing in person because you can't be the edited essence of yourself.

The essence of compassion is a desire to alleviate the suffering of others and to promote their well-being

This subsistence, or manner of being of God is his one essence so far as it has personal properties.

If you reach deeply into yourself, you are reaching into the very essence of mankind.

Humor is an escape, because you cannot think about your problems when you are trying to be funny; so, in essence, "being a humorist" gives you a valid excuse to hide from your pain.

Love can never explain the loved one, my dear. It is the essence of wild unreason.

The essence of childhood, of course, is play.

A good book is the purest essence of a human soul.

[The essences of things] are suspended on the invisible dimension whose vibrance has been denied the human eye at all times save in the intuition of ecstasy.

The essence of government is control, or the attempt to control.

It is the essence of the institutions of liberty that it be recognized that guilt is personal and cannot be attributed to the holding of opinions or to mere intent in the absence of overt acts.

The free lunch is the essence of modern liberalism.

What I learned as an actor was the only way you could really do August Wilson's work, you had to leave an ounce of your essence on that stage,... Otherwise it was impossible.

There is a majesty and mystery in nature, take her as you will. The essence of poetry comes breathing to a mind that feels from every province of her empire.

Meta-Essence is the life-force of Wonderland. That of your enemies is especially potent. Collect what you can. Use it wisely.

The essence of war is violence. Moderation in war is imbecility.

The whole history of my life, and in essence the whole history of the working class consists of this: that we have lived and fought under the leadership of Lenin and Stalin.

The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.

We are here to awaken to the reality of our true identity - that we are sparks of the Eternal Imperishable Spirit, who is the source of all Creation and the very essence of our being.

The essence of sin is a shift from God centeredness to a self-centeredness. The essence of salvation is a denial of self, not an affirming of self.

It is not easy to describe the present position of legal opinion on advertising and free speech. Only a poet can capture the essence of chaos.

Music at its essence is what gives us memories.

Science advances through tentative answers to a series of more and more subtle questions which reach deeper and deeper into the essence of natural phenomena.

The unique essence of being an artist is dying. Eveything looks the same. Now there’s a formula. And it works. - But it takes away from the reason we do it.

Theories have been outgrown. The means is disappearing, the reality of the sensation alone remains. It is that in its essence which I wish to put down. It should be a delightful adventure.

Concentrate on the Essence, concentrate on the Light.

No being can be what he is unless he is putting his essence into action in his field.

The relentless attempts to be thin take you further and further away from what could actually end your suffering: getting back in touch with who you really are. Your true nature. Your essence.

Equality of opportunity is the essence of social justice.

Science sometimes falls short when trying to fathom the depths of our essence - and our inspiration comes from that essence.

As we deepen in understanding, the arbitrary divisions between inner and outer disappear. The essence of life, the beauty and grandeur of life, is its wholeness.

The essence of the contemporary monetary system is creation of money, out of nothing, by private banks’ often foolish lending.

If grace is obligated it is no longer grace. The very essence of grace is that it is undeserved.

I could never be French, I could never become German - I shall always remain American - the essence which is in me is American mysticism just as Davies declared it when he saw those first landscapes.

Laughter is the very essence of religion. Seriousness is never religious, cannot be religious. Seriousness is of the ego, part of the very disease. Laughter is egolessness.

Our names are labels, plainly printed on the bottled essence of our past behavior.

Man, proud man, drest in a little brief authority, most ignorant of what he's most assur d, glassy essence, like an angry ape, plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven, as make the angels weep.

I would guess that the price of the script really is secondary. The credit is much more the essence.

What is it that angers us?... We have been tricked. In essence, we have been lied to. The problem is not that the photograph has been manipulated, but that we have been manipulated by the photograph.

Change is the essence of life.

Even your own arms, deep inside your body feel foriegn to you, feel that they do not belong to you. Here lies an important secret. Butoh's radical essence is hidden here.

The very essence of martial arts is the thirst for knowledge and the truth about ourselves.

The essence of health is inner balance.

The female form provides the solution in which the essence itself is held; she is passio, and acted upon, the male is actio, the mover.

You're much too hung up on all of your ideas and your desires. You still have not penetrated the essence of yoga.