Essence Quotes

Having begun my life in science searching for the equation beyond time, I now believe that the deepest secret of the universe is that its essence rests in how it unfolds moment by moment in time.

The present age ... prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original, fancy to reality, the appearance to the essence ... for in these days illusion only is sacred, truth profane.

I am part of a divine essence. I don't have to become anything. I already am.

The essence of knowledge is to know what obedience and worship are -Abu Hamid al

Minimalism is the pursuit of the essence of things, not the appearance.

Memory as an inversion of historical time is the essence of interiority.

It is characteristic of science that the full explanations are often seized in their essence by the percipient scientist long in advance of any possible proof.

Before all else, Protestantism is, in its very essence, an appeal from all other authority to the divine authority of Holy Scripture

The essence of synergy is to value differences-to respect them, to build on strengths, to compensate for weaknesses

And I deeply pray that everyone discovers that they can strip away anything that might be holding them back on every level, and can begin living life from the real essence of their own soul.

Like bones to the human body, the axle to the wheel, the wing to the bird, and the air to the wing, so is liberty the essence of life. Whatever is done without it is imperfect.

If you're able to be yourself, then you have no competition. All you have to do is get closer and closer to that essence.

Love is the essence of life; love touches all of our work. Love never leaves us. It clings to us, and we cling to it.

God is all there is - God includes everything, all possibility and all action, for Spirit is the invisible essence and substance of all form.

The essence of the Way is detachment. And the goal of those who practice is freedom from appearances.

Our Essence of Mind is intrinsically pure, and if we knew our mind and realized what our nature is, all of us would attain Buddhahood.

The sin of all time has been the exercise of assumed powers. This is the essence of tyranny.

The essence of tyranny is the enforcement of stupid laws.

The essence of drama is that man cannot walk away from the consequences of his own deeds.

Risk-taking is the essence of innovation.

The true essence of fashion is being able to reinvent yourself with what you have.

The essence of competitiveness is liberated when we make people believe that what they think and do is important - and then get out of their way while they do it.

Linguine linguistics that left my verbal essence saucy, Send a message, leave you sleepin' next to headless horsey.

The rule of love, I say again, is not an optional extra. It is the very essence of what we [Christians] are about

Women need solitude in order to find again the true essence of themselves.

It is not of the essence of mathematics to be conversant with the ideas of number and quantity.

To be bigoted & argue with others, is to subject one's essence of mind to the bitterness of mundane existence.

The essence of mathematics lies precisely in its freedom.

The essence of love is that what is ours should belong to someone else. Feeling the joy of someone else as joy within ourselves-that is loving.

The essence of the conflict today, really, is cars versus people…We can have a city that is very friendly to cars, or a city that is very friendly to people. We cannot have both.

When boiled down to its essence, unforgiveness is hatred.

When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he is. The essence of the Presidency is decision-making.

Art has always been and is in its very essence the boldest departure from nature. It is the bridge into the spirit world.

I've never felt my job was to win basketball games - rather, that the essence of my job as a coach was to do everything I could to give my players the background necessary to succeed in life.

To blend, without coercion, the individual good and the common good is the essence of citizenship in a free country.

The fact is, there really is no such thing as 'normal' - everybody's different, and that is the essence of their beauty

The essence of leadership is building bonds of trust in your organization.

Zen in it's essence is the art of seeing into the nature of one's being, and it points the way from bondage to freedom.

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.

What makes a tight circle or a tight little square box more of an intellectual statement than something done emotionally, I don't know. Art is an essence, a center.

The Latina spirit translates to every aspect of our lives, from beauty to work to family. We're loving, we're loud, and we're beautiful in our essence.

Cruel persecutions and intolerance are not accidents, but grow out of the very essence of religion, namely, its absolute claims.

The essence of leadership is relationship; influencing people to achieve things together that can't be achieved alone.

The essence of this law is that you must think abundance; see abundance, feel abundance, believe abundance. Let no thought of limitation enter your mind.

Democracy is not brute numbers; it is a genuine union of true individuals...the essence of democracy is creating. The technique of democracy is group organization.

Thinking, understanding, reasoning, willing, call not these Soul They are its actions, but they are not its essence.

Trust is the essence of Leadership.

What's in a question, you ask? Everything. It is evoking stimulating response or stultifying inquiry. It is, in essence, the very core of teaching.

When you approach something to photograph it, first be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence. Then don't leave until you have captured its essence.

The essence of the question is the opening up, and keeping open, of possibilities.