Quotes About Essence

So long as I remember the things that count. ", FADE by Kailin Gow

This Laotse illustrates by his favourite metaphor of the Vacuum. He claimed that only in vacuum lay the truly essential. The reality of a room, for instance, was to be found in the vacant space enclosed by the roof and walls, not in the roof and walls themselves. The usefulness of a water pitcher dwelt in the emptiness where water might be put, not in the form of the pitcher or the material of which it was made.

Such, then, is our God: unknowable in his essence, yet known in his energies; beyond and above all that we can think or express, yet closer to us than our own heart.

Because God is a mystery beyond our understanding, we shall never know his essence or inner being, either in this life or in the Age to come. If we knew the divine essence, it would follow that we knew God in the same way as he knows himself; and this we cannot ever do, since he is Creator and we are created. But, while God's inner essence is for ever beyond our comprehension, his energies, grace, life and power fill the whole universe, and are directly accessible to us.

According to his divine nature Christ is "one in essence" (homoousios) with God the Father; according to his human nature he is homoousios with us men. According

When you can be this, why are you ever anything else? - Broken Verses

Not prettiness, mind you, whose nature is trite, but beauty, which sinks to the depths

Simplicity and serenity are close friends of minimalism.

I think the things that are most intimate are nameless and shapeless.

I came to New York, and it was fascinating and intimidating and yielding, and all the stuff it's supposed to be. But whatever the abstract essence I was seeking, I couldn't find exactly that.

I remember the first time that my Nana introduced me to Eartha Kitt. Seeing a fierce Black woman on screen being unapologetically confident - just her essence that she had was so captivating.

In fiction, you are not limited by real facts. You can manipulate reality; you can invent without being disloyal to the essence of history.

A created thing is never invented and it is never true: it is always and ever itself.

San Suu's story will always involve politics, but the essence is the love story.

Designing a game can be like a Japanese garden. It's not what you put in but how much you take away.

It's my job, it's what I do, it's what I'm on earth to do and it's who I am.

fundamental Italian cookery rule that less is more!

Truth ... is the sovereign good of human nature.

A good name is like a precious ointment; it filleth all around about, and will not easily away; for the odors of ointments are more durable than those of flowers.

Only useless things are indispensable.

The essence of a man is found in his faults.

Sólo la suma del desnudo y su ropa nos da la mujer real, total.

Love is available at all times. waiting for you in the glorious land that exists beyond the insanity of this world. The place where you go whenever, either out of exhaustion or conscious choice, once you leave your toys of separation and choose to look within, effortlessly receiving the essence of love. This essence is solid as a stone bench, with always ample space for you to sit.

You can't spend so much time in a place and not carry a bit of it inside you.