Quotes About Essence

The essence of spirit, he thought to himself, was to choose the thing which did not better one's position but made it more perilous. That was why the world he knew was poor, for it insisted morality and caution were identical.

You see, it's really quite simple. A simile is just a mode of comparison employing 'as' and 'like' to reveal the hidden character or essence of whatever we want to describe, and through the use of fancy, association, contrast, extension, or imagination, to enlarge our understanding or perception of human experience and observation.

The air was full of human essence, of artificial enticement, of coquetry, indolence, pleasure — the man-made sense of existence.

Tell me how you die and I will tell you who you are.

I am the shadow my words cast

Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how you're going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal, and my maintaining focus.

Live with energy Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how you're going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal, and by maintaining focus.

What is the soul? Indie Arie: The real you. You do not have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body.

The great American mythologist, author, and philosopher Joseph Campbell once said, "The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.

The common thread among them: They have discovered that in this world, there is no real doing without first being.

Newton: a toda acción corresponde una reacción de igual magnitud pero en sentido contrario. Es la esencia de lo que los filósofos orientales llaman karma. En El color púrpura, el personaje Celie lo explica a Mister: "Todo lo que trates de hacerme, ya se ha hecho en ti". Tus acciones giran a tu alrededor, tan seguro como que la tierra gira alrededor del sol.

Jiwa adalah rayuan untuk menjadi diri sendiri. Kita sudah diprogram di dalam sel-sel kita. Kita sudah diprogram di dalam hati kita. Kita sudah diprogram untuk menjadi diri kita sendiri. Dan kita adalah benihnya Tuhan, untuk tumbuh menjadi diri-pribadinya Tuhan.

They, like me, like all of us, had, once upon a time, in a past so far away it seemed like heaven, caught by chance a glimpse of an inner essence, only to forget what it was. It was this lost memory that pained us, reduced us to ruins, though still we struggled to be ourselves.

yo no quiero ser un árbol, sino su significado.

pag. 74 I am a tree The essntial reason for my loneliness is that I don't even know where I belong. I was supposed to be part of a story, but I fell from there like a leaf in autumn. (My name is Red )

to ''discover'' the city's soul in it's ruins, to see these ruins as expressing the city's ''essence'', you must travel down a long, labyrinth path strewn with historical accidents.

Si può giocare tutto il giorno, ma sentirsi molto più seri di chiunque altro. Prendere sul serio l'essenza e l'immediatezza della vita con un'ingenuità propria solo dei bambini.

Para mí, la esencia de la religión es el sentimiento de culpabilidad

De la misma forma que uno puede ver su aspecto mirándose en un espejo, observando sus pensamientos puede contemplar su esencia.

Pero cualquier cosa que digamos sobre las características generales de una ciudad, sobre su alma o su esencia, acaba convirtiéndose de forma indirecta en una confesión sobre nuestra vida y, especialmente, sobre nuestro estado espiritual. La ciudad no tiene otro centro sino nosotros mismos.

The overarching subject of all these works was Russia – its character, its history, its customs and conventions, its spiritual essence and its destiny. In a way that was extraordinary, if not unique to Russia, the country's artistic energy was almost wholly given to the quest to grasp the idea of its nationality.

Because human nature never changes.

Inside us there is a place that is our true self.

I really don't see anything romantic in proposing. It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal. Why, one may be accepted. One usually is, I believe. Then the excitement is all over. The very essence of romance is uncertainty. If ever I get married, I'll certainly try to forget the fact.