Quotes About Essence

What had begun as a feud of the kind that had always existed in the Republic—indeed, had formed the essence of its politics—was now spreading a contagion of bitterness and antagonism far beyond the ranks of the two rival factions.

The oath of duty spoken by a legionary, the sacramentum, was of a peculiarly fearsome order, and to break it a terrible thing. The men who swore it, although granted by its terms a licence denied civilians to fight and kill, were simultaneously deprived of rights that were the essence of citizenship.

Fenway is the essence of baseball

Looking for who I am is who I am.

I am not my body. My body is nothing without me.

Simple is best. Don't you think? [ I think - Why? Because of cluttered up things you might be running into? ] ...That eventually you'll be getting rid of eventually, hahaha. Start simple.

Simple is best. Don't you think? [ I think - Why? Because of cluttered up things you might be running into? ] ...That eventually you'll be getting rid of anyway, hahaha. Start simple.

The soul and the consensus are one in the same, when the soul leaves the body so does the consensusness.

The essence will be evident everywhere. In all that the citizens do: in their art, music, food, and their buildings. If the essence of a place nourishes your spirit, then it is a good place to be" -Rovender

Roy: The immutable heart of what we are that bleeds through whatever we might become. All else is vanity.

The closer you come to your core, the greater is your joy.

Ultimately, in animism we end up with the idea that it's not so much that everything has a spirit, but that everything is a spirit, and some spirits have physical forms while others don't.

novelty resembles life in the same way as the latest apparition of a harlot proves the essence of God. His existence had already been proved by the accordion, the

In this present life, you can experience your enlightened essence, and if you do that, you can, before passing away, attain the perfectly and fully awakened state of a buddha.

To get carried away by a thought is the state of a sentient being. Rather than that, recognize your basic state as being the essence, nature and capacity that are the three kayas of the buddhas. Remain in uncontrived naturalness for short moments, repeated many times. You can become accustomed to this. The short moments can grow longer. In one instant of remaining in unfabricated naturalness, a kalpa of negative karma is purified.

the kusulu, the simple meditator. "For this type of person, the main point of the Buddha's teaching involves nothing more than understanding the difference between recognizing and not recognizing mind-essence. Not recognizing is samsara, while recognizing is nirvana or liberation.

my rice always tastes like rice.

He wrote a simple question on a piece of paper: WHAT IS THE ONE THING I DO THAT REALLY MATTERS TO THE FIRM?

enduring, successful companies adhered strictly to a fundamental set of principles that guided their behaviors and decisions over time, preserving the essence of the organization.

Mrs Williams was a woman, in the natural course of things; but she was a woman so emphatically, so totally a woman, that she was almost devoid of any private character.

in the air, there your root remains, there, in the air

When you're forced to be simple, you're forced to face the real problem. When you can't deliver ornament, you have to deliver substance

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On that trip it was my good fortune to be wrong; being mistaken is the essence of the traveler's tale.