Essence Quotes

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.

The essence of Richard Nixon is loneliness.

The essence of belief is the establishment of a habit; and different beliefs are distinguished by the different modes of action to which they give rise.

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

If you are interested in ideas, radio is way more pure than television. You're not distracted by somebody's nose or hair or posture. You can really see how someone thinks and penetrate to the essence of who that person is.

The source of all the material comes from nothingness, illusion is working more on things you can prove. That's the principle, the essence of life, it is actually an illusion, not immaterial. That's worth pursuing. So illusion is not nothing. In a way, that is the truth.

Ingratitude is the essence of vileness.

I wish to note that intellectual property theft by a government represents the very essence of organized crime.

Desire is the essence of a man.

Nature is so powerful, so strong. Capturing its essence is not easy - your work becomes a dance with light and the weather. It takes you to a place within yourself.

Women do not have as great a need for poetry because their own essence is poetry.