Quotes About Essence

Precepts in Buddhism are not imposed by some outside authority. They arise from our own insight based on the practice of mindfulness. To be attached to the form without understanding the essence is to fall into what Buddhism calls attachment to rules.

When we are cast from a group or a condition we have still the companionship of all that is. Nature is not ungenerous. Its winds and stars are fellows with you. Let the soul be but gentle and receptive, and this vast truth will come home — not in set phrases, perhaps, but as a feeling, a comfort, which, after all, is the last essence of knowledge. In the universe peace is wisdom.

Treat your anger with the utmost respect and tenderness, for it is no other than yourself. Do not suppress it—simply be aware of it. Awareness is like the sun. When it shines on things, they are transformed. When you are aware that you are angry, your anger is transformed. If you destroy anger, you destroy the Buddha, for Buddha and Mara are of the same essence. Mindfully dealing with anger is like taking the hand of a little brother.

The wave does not need to die to become water. She is already water.

What you are looking for is already in you...You already are everything you are seeking.

An oak tree is an oak tree. That is all it has to do. If an oak tree is less than an oak tree, then we are all in trouble.

The leaves that remain are only a very small part of the tea. The tea that goes into me is a much bigger part of the tea. It is the richest part. We are the same; our essence has gone into our children, our friends, and the entire universe. We have to find ourselves in those directions and not in the spent tea leaves.

Creating happiness is an art. Living together is an art. Even with a lot of goodwill, you can still make the other person very unhappy. Goodwill is not enough. We need to know the art of making the other person happy. Art is the essence of life. Try to be artful in your speech and actions. The substance of art is mindfulness. When you are mindful, you are more artful.

It is through the close interaction of the laity and the monks that the essence of Zen penetrates social life.

If I feel like I haven't really tapped into the essence of the story when I do an assignment, I may revisit it on my own, and that's when I feel freer to add my imagination. But I think that if you feel imaginatively towards a subject, you really shouldn't do it in a journalistic context, because then you're just fabricating, and that's crazy.

When it's working, what acting is really about is getting into the essence of a moment in a creative, joyous way - through whatever frees you up.

The key to why things change is the key to everything.

I stay away from the makeup kit if I'm not shooting.

You're not a combination of all your labels. You just are.

Love is the essence of life. If there is a purpose for living, it is this, the finding and creating of love. We are creatures of love, our natural state. We find much pleasure, satisfaction, and fulfillment in giving and accepting love.

Reading is a pathway to the essence of who you are.

In the phrase ' human being,' the word 'being' is much more important than the word 'human.'

You choose what you can live with and what you can't live without.

Some things the gut distills to their essence no matter how hard you try to factor in compassion and mercy and understanding. One of them killed the other. And there is violence in my heart.

Forever trusting who we are and nothing else matters

all about what we can live with and what we can't live without.

Love knows no right or wrong. Love is. Only is.

What is between them is without blame. Love knows no right or wrong. Love is. Only is.

I've no idea if she's ugly or beautiful; it's kind of irrelevant. As long as it's her.