Quotes About Essence

It is the spirit which heals the transgressor, and that is in essence what matters.

The highest truths a person could discover were rooted in the natural world.

In a daze, I saw him stretch out his arms to me. It struck me that never in all my life had I beheld anyone quite as beautiful as he was, and it was not merely the sum of his physical attributes, it was the pure serenity, the essence that I perceived with my innermost soul. A lovely euphoria came over me as he spoke.

There's always been a demeanor to Mekare

I love; therefore I am.

All that is magical and divine in me is bounded by the human and always was.

And what is an angel but a ghost in drag? STAN RICE from "Of Heaven" Body of Work (1983)

It seems that there are minds who would weave it all together, every myth, or its essence, to make a glorious tapestry.

so it seemed that if all the world outside her were to sink into darkness, what was fine, what was beautiful, what was essential might there still come to its finest flower.

Do what it is your nature to do. This is but a taste of it. Do what it is your nature to do.

I can supply the thereness. You can't ask what's not there to give.

I become dim and shriveled, somehow, at my very core if I am away from the sea too long.

I never saw a tree that was no tree in particular.

Each thing in the world is translucent.

She lived her life believing in the power of simplicity. Whether it had to do with fashion, work or relationships, she used to say, Boil it all down to what counts the most: What is the essence of what you are trying to do, what is the most important thing? Things only get complicated when you are trying to address too many issues.

That is because at the close of the day the ship we sail in is the soul, not the body.

There's a reason every book, even one that isn't very serious, is shaped like a suitcase

So sure, start with a slogan. But don't bother wasting any time on it if you're merely going for catchy. Aim for true instead.

A slogan that accurately conveys the essence of your Purple Cow is a script. A script for the sneezer to use when she talks with her friends. The slogan reminds the user, "Here's why it's worth recommending us; here's why your friends and colleagues will be glad you told them about us." And best of all, the script guarantees that the word of mouth is passed on properly – that the prospect is coming to you for the right reason.

Don't worry about your stuff. Worry about making meaning instead.

The essence of political change is almost always cultural change, and the culture changes horizontally. Person to person. Us to us.

The easier it is to quantify, the less it's worth.

Cu to?ii c?ut?m buzunarul nostru de autenticitate.

You're not human, Eleanore Jones. I think that somewhere inside you, you must know that. You must always have known. You're not made of ordinary bone or blood but of something else completely." "Really. What am I of, then? Kelp and jellyfish, I suppose?" "You are made of magic." He said it in an absolutely unremarkable way, as if instead he'd just said, I had coffee this morning or the floor needs mopping.