Essence Quotes - page 45

Quickness is the essence of the war. (Sun Tzu)
But the fighting is only one aspect of the conflict which is in its essence a political one. And politically we are the aggressors and they defend themselves. Militarily, it is we who are on the defensive who have the upper hand but in the political sphere they are superior. View quote
David Ben-Gurion
Yet the very essence of democracy is the absolute faith that while people must cooperate, the first function of democracy, its peculiar gift, is to develop each individual into everything that he might be. But I submit to you that when in each man the dream of personal greatness dies, democracy loses the real source of its future strength. View quote
Edwin H. Land
We may smile and the dog may wag the tail, but in essence, we have a set program and those programs are similar across individuals in the species. View quote
António Damásio
What the artist tries to do (either consciously or unconsciously) is to not only capture the essence of something but also to amplify it in order to more powerfully activate the same neural mechanisms that would be activated by the original object. View quote
Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
The black theologian must reject any conception of God which stifles black self-determination by picturing God as a God of all peoples. Either God is identified with the oppressed to the point that their experience becomes God's experience, or God is a God of racism. ... The blackness of God means that God has made the oppressed condition God's own condition. This is the essence of the Biblical revelation. By electing Israelite slaves as the people of God and by becoming the Oppressed One in Jesus Christ, the human race is made to understand that God is known where human beings experience humiliation and suffering...Liberation is not an afterthought, but the very essence of divine activity. View quote
James Hal Cone
Shame on such a morality that is worthy of pariahs, and that fails to recognize the eternal essence that exists in every living thing, and shines forth with inscrutable significance from all eyes that see the sun. View quote
Arthur Schopenhauer
I don't like to cast aspersions on the fans because I know you mean well, but what I have found is that ninety-nine percent of the Jar Jar Binks haters are failures at life. In essence, these haters are taking out their frustrations on Jar Jar. I don't mean to be cruel, but we need to examine the facts. The most popular Star Wars collectibles are all Jar Jar-related. Now, the failures at life who have no money, no women, and no future will spend all day on the Internet talking about how they hate Jar Jar Binks. This is very sad. The Phantom Menace is one of the top five films of all time. View quote
George Lucas
In essence, I owe my career to Garry Marshall. There was no known reason for him to hire me for 'Pretty Woman.' View quote
Julia Roberts
The risk of a terrorist victory is greater when in fighting terror, democracy betrays its own essence. View quote
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
I am a being of Heaven and Earth,of thunder and lightning, of rain and wind, of the galaxies, of the suns and the stars and the void through which they travel. The essence of nature, eternal, divine that all men seek to know to hear, known as the great illusion time, and the all-prevailing atmosphere. And now you know my background. (Eden Ahbez)
How can you consider flower power outdated? The essence of my lyrics is the desire for peace and harmony. That's all anyone has ever wanted. How could it become outdated? View quote
Robert Plant
I had an essence in my life that I was nothing. View quote
Demi Moore
This is the essence of all sciences - that you should know who you will be when the Day of Reckoning arrives. View quote
Rumi
A home is not a mere transient shelter: its essence lies in the personalities of the people who live in it. View quote
H. L. Mencken
Capitalism is not about the profit motive. Capitalism is about free markets. What you do in the market, in your free will, is the essence of capitalism. View quote
Muhammad Yunus
I project on the surface; that is, the essence of the subject must always become visible, even if this is impossible in nature, which is not adapted to this relief style. The absence of foreshortening also plays a crucial part in the process.. .For I have discovered a very small, undisputed, personal possession: a particular sort of three-dimensional representation on the flat surface.. .I am my style. View quote
Paul Klee
Certain springs are tapped only when we are alone. Women need solitude in order to find again the true essence of themselves; that firm strand which will be the indispensable center of a whole web of human relationships. View quote
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
I imbue this place with my essence, every stone and every drop. My visit will do wonders for the flowers." Aly propped her chin on her hand. "So does manure," she observed. View quote
Tamora Pierce
If we're going to solve the problems of the world, we have to learn how to talk to one another. Poetry is the language at its essence. It's the bones and the skeleton of the language. It teaches you, if nothing else, how to choose your words. View quote
Rita Dove
If you decide to move to another country and to live within its laws you don't express your disregard for the essence of the culture. It's a form of aggression. (V. S. Naipaul)
Zen in it's essence is the art of seeing into the nature of one's being, and it points the way from bondage to freedom. View quote
D. T. Suzuki
Freedom. Freedom of religion. Freedom to speak their mind. Freedom to build a life. And yes, freedom to build a business. With their own hands. This is the essence of the American experience. View quote
Mitt Romney
Tequila, scorpion honey, harsh dew of the doglands, essence of Aztec, crema de cacti; tequila, oily and thermal like the sun in solution; tequila, liquid geometry of passion; Tequila, the buzzard God who copulates in midair with the ascending souls of dying virgins; tequila, firebug in the house of good taste; O tequila, savage water of sorcery, what confusion and mischief your sly, rebellious drops do generate! View quote
Tom Robbins
Education is experience, and the essence of experience is self-reliance. View quote
T. H. White