Essence Quotes

The very essence of rationalism is that it assumes that the reason is the highest faculty in man and the lord of all the rest.

There is, so I believe, in the essence of everything, something that we cannot call learning. There is, my friend, only a knowledge - that is everywhere.

The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom.

In this movement of colors I find the essence, which does not arise from a system, or an a priori theory.

Just touching that old tree was truly moving to me because when you touch these trees, you have such a sense of the passage of time, of history. It's like you're touching the essence, the very substance of life.

The energy of the mind is the essence of life.

The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but a prudent and probing concern for the future.

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.

Our invisibility is the essence of our oppression. And until we eliminate that invisibility, people are going to be able to perpetuate the lies and myths about gay people.

Fantasy allows you bend the world and the situation to more clearly focus on the moral aspects of what's happening. In fantasy you can distill life down to the essence of your story.

The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries.

The essence is, what can we do next? And will it be good?

Above all, I craved to seize the whole essence, in the confines of one single photograph, of some situation that was in the process of unrolling itself before my eyes.

The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule.

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.

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

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

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mold of the body and mind.

Advertising is the very essence of democracy.

I watched Janis one time - we opened for her - and that's the only time I ever saw her. We opened for Jimi Hendrix. I got to stand on the side of the stage and watch him for two hours and then he died. But I got the essence before they left.

Sure, I could of done it different... put my clown in a closet and dressed up in straight clothing. I could of compromised my essence, and swallowed my soul.

If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama.

The great thing about Stephen is that he sees the movie as a separate thing, I think. He wants it to capture the essence of the book, and if he feels that's been done, then he's not too particular about the details. I think that's why he's happy.

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

Re-telling the Christian story is the essence of my vocation. That has been going on since the Evangelists in one form or another.

The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.

The cartoons which I enjoy have caused some kind of out rage, but they have got people talking about these issues out in the open and in essence that's what its all about.

The whole essence of good drawing - and of good thinking, perhaps - is to work a subject down to the simplest form possible and still have it believable for what it is meant to be.

To me, that is the essence of me as a photographer. It is those ideas, working with them, formulating them and eventually putting them down on paper, photographing them and then going on to the next step.

The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.