All evolutionary biologists know that variation itself is nature's only irreducible essence... I had to place myself amidst the variation. — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
Lean into the sharp points and fully experience them. The essence of bravery is being without self-deception. Wisdom is inherent in (understanding)… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Democracy is, in essence, a form of non-violent conflict management. If war is the worst enemy of development, healthy and balanced development… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Rejoicing is the essence of genuine worship. A sad face (apart from remorse for sin or regret concerning the pain of others)… — Max Anders Copy Share Image
“Our essence is change. We are movement. Being out of balance is life. Perfect balance. Stasis. That is death. Life yearns for… — Chris Boucher Copy Share Image
The task of the architectural project is to reveal, through the transformation of form, the essence of the surrounding context. — Vittorio Gregotti Copy Share Image
The essence of meditation is a period of time set aside to contemplate the Lord, listen to Him, and allow Him to… — Charles Stanley Copy Share Image
Prayer doesn’t work in the way that you think. If you pray for good health and it is genuine, you might be… — John de Ruiter Copy Share Image
In essence, I see the value of journalism as resting in a twofold mission: informing the public of accurate and vital information,… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
Love is our true essence. Love has no limitations of caste, religion, race, or nationality. We are all beads strung together on… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
When great loss happens - deaths close to you or your own approaching death - this is an opportunity for stepping completely… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
There are certain things that are fundamental to human fulfillment. The essence of these needs is captured in the phrase 'to live,… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Although the content of consciousness depends in large measure on neuronal activity, awareness itself does not.To me, it seems more and more… — Wilder Penfield Copy Share Image
The claim of the Zen followers that they are transmitting the essence of Buddhism is based on their belief that Zen takes… — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share Image
It's not an easy option. The essence of travel is letting go of habit and prejudice and relishing the unfamiliar. Food you've… — Michael Palin Copy Share Image
Fantasy involves that which general opinion regards as impossible; science fiction involves that which general opinion regards as possible under the right… — Daryl Gregory Copy Share Image
The cartoons which I enjoy have caused some kind of out rage, but they have got people talking about these issues out… — Jonathan Shapiro Copy Share Image
Every phenomenon manifests itself of its own accord. This manifestation is always distinct from form, and is the essence of the immediate,… — Yves Klein Copy Share Image
The very essence of school is elitism. Schools exist to teach, to test, to rank hierarchically to promote the idea that knowing… — William A. Henry III Copy Share Image
Zero-tolerance on drinking and driving - meaning no drinking at all before driving - is a collective punishment that, in essence, only… — David Harsanyi Copy Share Image
He who gives only what he would as readily throw away, gives without generosity; for the essence of generosity is in self-sacrifice. — Henry Taylor Copy Share Image
Fantasy allows you bend the world and the situation to more clearly focus on the moral aspects of what's happening. In fantasy… — Terry Goodkind Copy Share Image
It is not easy to describe the present position of legal opinion on advertising and free speech. Only a poet can capture… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The very essence of rationalism is that it assumes that the reason is the highest faculty in man and the lord of… — Lyman Abbott Copy Share Image
Everything in the world was about creativity: belief and creation. Storytelling was the essence of both. — Alethea Kontis Copy Share Image
The essence of man is, discontent, divine discontent; a sort of love without a beloved, the ache we feel in a member… — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
We are certain that there is forgiveness, because there is a Gospel, and the very essence of the Gospel lies in the… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
The inquiry leads us to that source, at once the essence of genius, of virtue, and of life, which we call Spontaneity… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
When we dance we touch the essence of who we are and experience the unity between spirit and matter. — Angeles Arrien Copy Share Image
The essence of influence is pull. It's an attraction. Great influencers attract people, to themselves, and to their ideas. — Bob Burg Copy Share Image
In a word, man must create his own essence: it is in throwing himself into the world, suffering there, struggling there, that… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
Essence has been home for so many of us for so many years. I always say that Essence was the first place… — Nina Shaw Copy Share Image
It is blessed to eat into the very soul of the Bible until the very essence of the Bible flows from you. — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Have not all poetic truths been already stated? The essence of a poetic truth is that no statement of it can be… — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
To have real knowledge, one must understand the essence of things and not only their manifestations. — Daniel Barenboim Copy Share Image
Be fresh and new when perceiving the other. Always look for the highest first, look for the intrinsic beauty and goodness, for… — John Friend Copy Share Image
Music, at its essence, is what gives us memories. And the longer a song has existed in our lives, the more memories… — Stevie Wonder Copy Share Image
Do I provoke as a method of investigation? Of course. That's the essence of architecture. Do I do it with gusto? I… — Thom Mayne Copy Share Image
This is part of the essence of motherhood, watching your kid grow into her own person and not being able to do… — Heather Armstrong Copy Share Image
It's not written in the Constitution or anything else… Congress, just out of the clear blue sky, said the airwaves belong to… — Adrian Cronauer Copy Share Image
