Essence Quotes

“Prestige, which is illusion, is of the very essence of power.”

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“True morality, true philosophy and true art are in their essence religious.”

“The human mind has an adequate knowledge of the eternal and infinite essence of God.”

“Wikipedia: Essence”

“Killing time is perhaps the essence of comedy, just as the essence of tragedy is killing eternity.”

“Mysticism is, in essence, little more than a certain intensity and depth of feeling in regard to what is believed about the universe.”

“One must love humanity in order to reach out into the unique essence of each individual: no one can be too low or too ugly.”

“Names and attributes must be accommodated to the essence of things, and not the essence to the names, since things come first and names afterwards.”

“By that which is self-caused, I mean that of which the essence involves existence, or that of which the nature is only conceivable as existent.”

“The essence of one's work is only to come to the sensation of the existence of the Creator, to feel the existence of the Creator, that “the whole earth is full of His glory.””

“Fire and paradise both bow down and prostrate themselves before God. That which is worthy of His Essence is to worship Him for His sake, without fear of fire, or hope of paradise.”

“Action in its essence, the creative art of a writer of fiction may be compared to rescue work carried out in darkness against cross gusts of wind swaying the action of a great multitude.”

“Those who, by the essence of their belief, are committed to Direct Action only are — just who? Why, the non-resistants; precisely those who do not believe in violence at all!”

“The present age... prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original, fancy to reality, the appearance to the essence... for in these days illusion only is sacred, truth profane.”

“Loss of essence. I can assure you it has not recurred, Mandrake. Women, er, women sense my power, and they seek the life essence. I do not avoid women, Mandrake … but I do deny them my essence.”

“I understand Being in all and over all, as there is nothing without participation in Being, and there is no being without Essence. Thus nothing can be free of the Divine Presence.”

“The essence of liberalism is an attempt to secure a social order not based on irrational dogma, and insuring stability without involving more restraints than are necessary for the preservation of the community.”

“Of the Gods some are of the world, cosmic, and some above the world, hypercosmic. By the cosmic I mean those who make the cosmos. Of the hypercosmic Gods some create essence, some mind, and some soul.”

“The Buddhists maintain that there is no Creator but an infinitude of creative powers, which collectively form the one eternal substance, the essence of which is inscrutable — hence not a subject for speculation for any true philosopher.”