Quotes About Essence

Human purpose isn't what you say it is or what I say it is. It's what your biology says it is--what your genes say it is.

a human being is never what he is but the self he seeks.

Dime cómo mueres y te diré quien eres.

Mis refugios más bellos,/ los lugares que se adaptan mejor a los colores últimos de mi alma, / están hechos de todo lo que los otros olvidaron.

zrozumia?am, ?e smutek jest wa?nym s?owem w definicji ?wiata. Le?y u podstaw wszystkiego, jest pi?tym ?ywio?em, kwintesencj?.

This is in essence what interested him the most: In what way do such distinct substances as the body and the soul connect in the human body and act upon one another?

I realized that sorrow is an important word for defining the world. It lies at the foundation of everything, it is the fifth element, the quintessence.

It lies at the foundations of everything, it is the fifth element, the quintessence.

I realized that sorrow is an important word for defining the world. It lies at the foundations of everything, it is the fifth element, the quintessence.

God's love for humanity wraps the spiritual in the perceptible, the superessential in the essence. It gives form … to what is formless and, through a variety of symbols, it multiplies and shapes Simplicity that has no shape. Dionysius the Areopagite Divine Names, I, 4

By emptying ourselves we become one with objects, deeply absorbed in our work. To be thus thoroughly one with everything with which we are confronted is the true essence of mu. It is the state of both physical and spiritual liberation, to which kufu in movement should point.

With regards to the methods of attaining the essence of religion, there are generally two types as described by Imazu Kogaku:1 the meditation type and the prayer type.

think that what Master Hakuin means by his words "beyond dualism" is that it is not only we, who transcend such playful dualism, but also all other things in their own no self-nature that are in operation according to their selfless essence.

Zazen should never become a means of making yourself feel good nor should it be a tranquilizer to settle excitement and wild thoughts. What is of primary importance is what the ancients called "no gaining and no merit." Indeed, zazen consists in awakening us to our own essence so as to secure and express our true selves in our everyday conduct.

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.

And sometimes, I allow myself to imagine that each moment in which we love well by simply being all of who we are and being fully present allows us to give back something essential to the Sacred Mystery that sustains all life.

Many of the best and most conspicuous examples of strategic principles come from companies that were founded on them, companies such as eBay, Dell, Vanguard, Southwest Airlines, and Wal-Mart ("Low prices, every day"). The founders of those companies espoused a clear guiding principle that summarized the essence of what would become a full-blown business strategy.

The things that count the most (love, joy, justice, and grace) cannot be counted.

Because man's being is made of strange stuff....

As theologian N. T. Wright points out, trees behave as trees, rocks as rocks and the seas as the seas, but "Only humans, it seems, have the capacity to live as something other than what they are.

Human beings wear clothing and walk upright, but when you take that away, we're nothing but monkeys.

Let us embrace forgiveness's embrace, And let resentment find no space, For in its essence, we find our own light, Guiding us through the darkest night.

Time is everything. Speed is of the essence.

Yo soy tan pobre como la naturaleza, y tan simple como el firmamento.