Essential Quotes - page 3

I don't know whether I believe in God or not. I think, really, I'm some sort of Buddhist. But the essential thing is to put oneself in a frame of mind which is close to that of prayer. (Henri Matisse)
A car is useless in New York, essential everywhere else. The same with good manners. View quote
Mignon McLaughlin
We must distinguish between spirituality in general terms, which aims to make us better people, and religion. Adopting a religion remains optional, but becoming a better human being is essential. View quote
Matthieu Ricard
I got into my bones the essential structure of the ordinary British sentence-which is a noble thing. View quote
Winston Churchill
Employment is Nature's physician, and is essential to human happiness. View quote
Galen
In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued - they may be essential to survival. View quote
Noam Chomsky
Nothing brings me more happiness than trying to help the most vulnerable people in society. It is a goal and an essential part of my life - a kind of destiny. Whoever is in distress can call on me. I will come running wherever they are. View quote
Diana, Princess of Wales
For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free. View quote
Manuel Puig
And specialness - everyone wants it. But Jesus, is it the most essential thing there is? Most people aren't talented. So what are they supposed to do - kill themselves? View quote
Meg Wolitzer
Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress. View quote
Nicholas Murray Butler
Sometimes when you work in advertising you'll get a product that's really garbage and you have to make it seem fantastic, something that is essential to the continued quality of life. (Augusten Burroughs)
I would have thought it possible to choose delegates for these larger conferences who, even if they could not speak the principal languages, could at least understand them or could have friends seated beside them who could keep them informed on essential points. View quote
Fredrik Bajer
The question is, what are we to do in order to consolidate peace on a universal and durable foundation, and what are the essential elements of such a peace? View quote
Arthur Henderson
Love is so painful, how could you ever wish it on anybody? And love is so essential, how could you ever stand in its way? View quote
David Levithan
When you rape, beat, maim, mutilate, burn, bury, and terrorize women, you destroy the essential life energy on the planet. View quote
Eve Ensler
Mind and matter brought down to the essential, to the consciousness and its object, form a natural whole, and the difficulty does not consist in uniting but in separating them. View quote
Alfred Binet
Dignity is as essential to human life as water, food, and oxygen. The stubborn retention of it, even in the face of extreme physical hardship, can hold a man's soul in his body long past the point at which the body should have surrendered it. View quote
Laura Hillenbrand
An essential idea is that if you give to some person or endeavor in life, you will make that more important. View quote
George Weinberg
The essential elements of giving are power and love - activity and affection - and the consciousness of the race testifies that in the high and appropriate exercise of these is a blessedness greater than any other. View quote
Mark Hopkins
Networking is an essential part of building wealth. View quote
Armstrong Williams
It is essential to do everything possible to attract young people to opera so they can see that it is not some antiquated art form but a repository of the most glorious music and drama that man has created. (Bruce Beresford)
Winter testing is essential but there comes a point where you have had enough of all the rehearsals and the pretend racing. You just want to get down to the real action. View quote
Damon Hill
Peace, of course, is different from divorce; indeed, in essential respects, divorce is the opposite of peace. View quote
Douglas J. Feith
Year by year we are learning that in this restless, strenuous American life of ours vacations are essential. View quote
Ellsworth Huntington
In intelligence work, there are limits to the amount of information one can share. Confidentiality is essential. View quote
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