The essence of man is his freedom. Sin is committed in that freedom. Sin can therefore not be attributed to a defect… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
Yet again, an ancient answer echoes across the centuries: Listen! Listen to stories! For what stories do, above all else, is hold… — Ernest Kurtz Copy Share Image
The essence of religion, in my view, is the thirst for an end higher than natural ends... — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
The onion and its satin wrappings is among the most beautiful of vegetables and is the only one that represents the essence… — Charles Dudley Warner Copy Share Image
Only by being suspended aloft, by dangling my mind in the heavens and mingling my rare thought with the ethereal air, could… — Aristophanes Copy Share Image
With our financial house on fire, Obama makes clear both in in his speech and his budget that the essence of his… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
'Botanicula' tells the story of a group of twigs, nuts, and leaves trying to escape with the life essence of a tree… — Rob Manuel Copy Share Image
Exercising leadership is an expression of your aliveness... But when you cover yourself up, you risk losing something as well. In the… — Ronald A. Heifetz Copy Share Image
“To Graduate from the "School of Life" you need to have met the following criteria: Found your life purpose, know how the… — Marina G. Roussou Copy Share Image
The inner story, though the same in essence for all, is always single and unique in each human being, never before lived… — Helen M. Luke Copy Share Image
A calm despair, without angry convulsions or reproaches directed at heaven, is the essence of wisdom. — Alfred de Vigny Copy Share Image
The settlement of the Land of Israel is the essence of Zionism. Without settlement, we will not fulfill Zionism. It's that simple. — Yitzhak Shamir Copy Share Image
Christ sits in the body at the right hand of God the Father, but we do not hold that the right hand… — John of Damascus Copy Share Image
“The true essence of who you are, balances itself upon a cushion of purity, benevolence, and holiness.” — Gary Gordon Copy Share Image
Our invisibility is the essence of our oppression. And until we eliminate that invisibility, people are going to be able to perpetuate… — Jean O'Leary Copy Share Image
The essence of independence is to be able to do something for one’s self. Adults work to finish a task, but the… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
One of the inevitable aspects of debates about euthanasia is the reluctance on the part of advocates to confront the essence of… — Paul Keating Copy Share Image
All deep things are song. It seems somehow the very central essence of us, song; as if all the rest were but… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
“But it is doubtless true, and evident from [the] Scriptures, that the essence of all true religion lies in holy love; and… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
If you decide to move to another country and to live within its laws you don't express your disregard for the essence… — V. S. Naipaul Copy Share Image
Heartbreak is our indication of sincerity: in a love relationship, in a work, in trying to learn a musical instrument, in the… — David Whyte Copy Share Image
Look to the essence of a thing, whether it be a point of doctrine, of practice, or of interpretation. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
