Essence Quotes

I want to be defined by my own essence.

I'm studying Kabbalah, which is really the essence of Jewish spirituality.

The Universe is the periodical manifestation of this unknown Absolute Essence.

The essence of the Way is detachment.

It is not of the essence of mathematics to be conversant with the ideas of number and quantity.

Exploration is really the essence of the human spirit.

You're always a little disappointing in person because you can't be the edited essence of yourself.

So what I did on the field was the essence of what I am. Remember me like that.

The essence of justice is mercy.

And there is a difference between the essence of a Sacrament and its use.

Posthumous charities are the very essence of selfishness when bequeathed by those who, even alive, would part with nothing.

These humiliations are the essence of the game.

Painting is the representation of visible forms. The essence of realism is its negation of the ideal.

Direct observation of the luminous essence of nature is for me indispensable.

All evolutionary biologists know that variation itself is nature's only irreducible essence... I had to place myself amidst the variation.

The essence of pleasure is spontaneity.

If you're not electing Christians, then in essence you are going to legislate sin.

The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.

The right of election is the very essence of the constitution.

In essence, I'm a sophisticated cotton picker.

Fairness through leveling is the essence of Obamaism.

Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo, it presently turns out to be so.

Listening is the essence of anything.

In essence, the science of agronomy is inseparable from biology.

The essence of jiu-jitsu is philosophy.

What sculptors do is represent the essence of gesture. What is important in mime is attitude.

I had an essence in my life that I was nothing.

The keystone of the Fascist doctrine is its conception of the State, of its essence, its functions, and its aims. For Fascism the State is absolute, individuals and groups relative.

Canada is the essence of not being. Not English, not American, it is the mathematic of not being. And a subtle flavour - we're more like celery as a flavour.

The essence of a man is found in his faults.

The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.

The way we're going about things and what we want to do, we feel it has to be a really pure essence of music. That's where you get the most out of it.

You can get the true essence of New Yorkers by just hanging out in Central Park.

It is a widely accepted notion among painters that it does not matter what one paints as long as it is well painted. This is the essence of academicism.

The essence of religion consists in the feeling of an absolute dependence.

You know, crankiness is at the essence of all comedy.

Walnuts have a shell, and they have a kernel. Religions are the same. They have an essence, but then they have a protective coating. This is not the only way to put it. But it's my way. So the kernels are the same. However, the shells are different.

Our names are labels, plainly printed on the bottled essence of our past behavior.

The essence of a democracy is a free electorate.

Desire is the very essence of man.

Desire is the essence of a man.

A novel captures essence that is not possible in any other form.

The essence of competitiveness is liberated when we make people believe that what they think and do is important - and then get out of their way while they do it.

Documentaries are a powerful and effective way of bridging the gap between worlds, breaking through to new audiences that wouldn't otherwise be engaged - in essence, not preaching to the choir.

I love to compete. That's the essence of who I am.