318 Essence Quotes for You to Enjoy

The answer is, who you are cannot be defined through thinking or mental labels or definitions, because it's beyond that. It is the very sense of being, or presence, that is there when you become conscious of the present moment. In essence, you and what we call the present moment are, at the deepest level, one. Eckhart Tolle

You Become Sense Thinking Defined Definitions Mental Through Beyond Call Because Answer Labels Very Essence Being Cannot Moment Who Deepest Conscious Level Presence Present Present Moment

Is not general incivility the very essence of love? Jane Austen

Love General Very Essence

All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership. John Kenneth Galbraith

Time Leadership Great People Anxiety Else Characteristic Willingness Great Leaders Had Leaders Major Unequivocally Essence Common Confront Much

I used to say that if something happened to my mother, I wanted to die with her. That's because I loved her so much. I want to live so I can carry out the essence of what she has shown me: kindness and goodness. Stevie Wonder

I think it's the height of patriotism to continue to exercise your right as a citizen and to hold your government to account. Isn't that what the very essence of democracy is about? Valerie Plame

Government Democracy Patriotism Citizen Think About Exercise Continue Very Account Essence Hold Height Your Right

The Founders didn't mention political parties when they wrote the Constitution, and George Washington in essence warned us against them in his Farewell Address. Marianne Williamson

Constitution Political Address Mention Parties Wrote George His George Washington Political Parties Essence Against Them Us Warned Farewell Washington Founders

If I have been of service, if I have glimpsed more of the nature and essence of ultimate good, if I am inspired to reach wider horizons of thought and action, if I am at peace with myself, it has been a successful day. Alex Noble

Service Myself Good Day Nature Peace Thought Action Has-Been Horizons More Inspired Reach Am Ultimate Been Essence Successful Wider

Pursuit and seduction are the essence of sexuality. It's part of the sizzle. Camille Paglia

Sexuality Seduction Pursuit Part Essence

The very essence of the creative is its novelty, and hence we have no standard by which to judge it. Carl Rogers

Art Creative Judge Very Essence Which Standard Novelty Hence

I think I'm a girl's girl in the sense that I support women a lot, and I'm definitely all for girl power, but I think I'm quite a tomboy at heart - even though I love my fashion and dressing up, I think my essence is very boyish. Charli XCX

Knowing that the gospel is true is the essence of a testimony. Consistently being true to the gospel is the essence of conversion. David A. Bednar

Consistently True Knowing Gospel Testimony Essence Being Conversion

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

Religion Feeling Consists Absolute Essence Dependence

Curiosity is the essence of human existence. 'Who are we? Where are we? Where do we come from? Where are we going?'... I don't know. I don't have any answers to those questions. I don't know what's over there around the corner. But I want to find out. Gene Cernan

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

Painting Negation Visible Ideal Essence Representation Realism Forms

The essence of architecture is form and space, and light is the essential element to the key to architectural design, probably more important than anything. Technology and materials are secondary. I. M. Pei

Technology Architecture Key Light Space Important Design Secondary Architectural More Materials Than Essence Essential Form Anything Element

The essence of procrastination lies in not doing what you think you should be doing, a mental contortion that surely accounts for the great psychic toll the habit takes on people. This is the perplexing thing about procrastination: although it seems to involve avoiding unpleasant tasks, indulging in it generally doesn't make people happy. James Surowiecki

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The very essence of civil liberty certainly consists in the right of every individual to claim the protection of the laws, whenever he receives an injury. One of the first duties of government is to afford that protection. John Marshall

The difference between a nation and a nationality is clear, but it is not always observed. Likeness between members is the essence of nationality, but the members of a nation may be very different. A nation may be composed of many nationalities, as some of the most successful nations are. Louis D. Brandeis

Nation Members Composed Some Clear Observed Between Most Likeness Always Very Essence May Nationality Nations Difference Different Successful Many

The essence of a government health care system - for people who have never lived under it and don't know - is waiting, waiting, waiting. You wait for everything. You wait for years for operations that are routine in America. Mark Steyn

We still by no means think decisively enough about the essence of action. Martin Heidegger

Action Think Enough About Still Essence Means

The essence of a tragedy, or even of a serious play, is the spiritual awakening, or regeneration, of the hero. Maxwell Anderson

Spiritual Hero Tragedy Essence Regeneration Even Awakening Serious Play

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