Quotes About Essence

Soul and body, body and soul-- how mysterious they were!

The true perfection of man lies, not in what man has, but in what man is.

To realise one's nature perfectly—that is what each of us is here for.

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.

very essence of romance is uncertainty. 

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.

Alma e corpo, corpo e alma, como eram misteriosos! Havia animalismo na alma, e o corpo possuía momentos de espiritualidade.

The very essence of romance is uncertainty.  If ever I get married, I'll certainly try to forget the fact.

Existen venenos tan sutiles que para conocer sus propiedades hay que probarlos. Existen enfermedades tan extrañas que uno tiene que sufrirlas para comprender su esencia

All thought is immoral. Its very essence is destruction. If you think of anything, you kill it. Nothing survives being thought of.

the letter means nothing until the spirit gives it life

Ultimately, the body is just a shell; it is the soul which defines the man or woman, god or goddess.

Perhaps not to be is to be without your being

alive, crystal in your own crystal, fire in your own fire, ray of purple stone.

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.

The law of miracles is operable by any man who has realized that the essence of creation is light. A master is able to employ his divine knowledge of light phenomena to project instantly into perceptible manifestation the ubiquitous light atoms. The actual form of the projection (whatever it be: a tree, a medicine, a human body) is determined by the yogi's wish and by his power of will and of visualization.

The divine realm extends to the earthly, but the latter, being illusory, cannot include the essence of reality.

In the lowcountry, the smell of the marshlands is offensive to visitors, but is the fragrant essence of the planet to the native born.

All people are essentially creative because we are all made in the image of a creative God. Creativity is our birthright; imagination is the essence of our being. Only when we are dreaming big dreams are we truly fulfilling our God-given purpose in life.

Ela é tudo, é todas as coisas. Está à nossa volta, e está dentro de nós. Sem ela nada somos, e nunca poderemos contê-la na totalidade.

One night a century ago, when a screech owl was screeching in the woods along the shores of Walden Pond, Henry Thoreau dipped his goose quill into his homemade ink and wrote in his diary: "The cost of a thing is the amount of what I call life, which is required to be exchanged for it immediately or in the long run.

Love is not God, but God is love. It is who he is, his very identity.

Past a certain point, maybe, a person's character defines itself and stays fixed in your mind.

Nothing is invented, for it's written in nature first. Originality consists of returning to the origin.