When I joined 'Essence,' I was a young, single mother. I was 24. I hadn't gone to college. I wasn't making any… — Susan L. Taylor Copy Share Image
[Giving] is the essence of the great religions of the world - whether you are discussing the Muslim, Hindu, Jewish or Christian… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The American founding is not just about a group of people, a group of men. It is about an ideal: Both a… — Paul Kengor Copy Share Image
Professions of humility are the very cream, the very essence of pride; the really humble person wishes to be, and not to… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
How do we accomplish this matter of gathering life together in God? We must begin primarily by refocusing our attention keeping our… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
If we live in our oneness-heart, we will feel the essence of all religions which is the love of God. Forgiveness, compassion,… — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
I am afraid that old women are more skeptical in their most secret heart of hearts than any man: they believe in… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I watched Janis one time - we opened for her - and that's the only time I ever saw her. We opened… — Stevie Nicks Copy Share Image
…the designer must be able to see - make a concentrated effort to absorb the essence of the project. Seeing is a… — Albert Hadley Copy Share Image
Gershwin's melodic gift was phenomenal. His songs contain the essence of New York in the 1920s and have deservedly become classics of… — George Gershwin Copy Share Image
Biological determinism is, in its essence, a theory of limits. It takes the current status of groups as a measure of where… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
Prayer is the lungs through which holiness breathes. Prayer is not only the language of spiritual life, but also makes its very… — Edward McKendree Bounds Copy Share Image
The true essence of a dictatorship is in fact not its regularity but its unpredictability and caprice; those who live under it… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
War is harmful, not only to the conquered but to the conqueror. Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
When I look at 'Napoleon Dynamite's style I'm reminded of how I spoke when I was an eight-year-old boy. It was just… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
The shell must be cracked apart if what is in it is to come out, for if you want the kernel you… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
In essence, sin is all that is in opposition to God. Sin defies God; it violates His character, His law, and His… — Joel Beeke Copy Share Image
“The essence of America – that which really unites us — is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion – it is an… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
The essence of education is not to transfer knowledge; it is to guide the learning process, to put responsibility for study in… — Tsunesaburo Makiguchi Copy Share Image
Being is transcended by a concern for being. Our perplexity will not be solved by relating human existence to a timeless, subpersonal… — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
If painters could be compared to filmmakers, Bosch is the Hype Williams of renaissance painters. With Bosch, there's always a narrative that… — Grimes Copy Share Image
Always think about how a piece of code should be used: good interfaces are the essence of good code. You can hide… — Bjarne Stroustrup Copy Share Image
Wherever applause breaks out in the liturgy because of some human achievement, it is a sure sign that the essence of liturgy… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
In a sense we're all children of God - Jesus is called the one and only Son. Monogeneo is the word, God's… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
If I go for the alternative which is false, then obviously I shall be in error; if I take the other side,… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
“When you consider someone without assumptions, your inner antenna picks up a new signal. Instead of tuning in to someone's personality, you… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
The essence of good manners consists in making it clear that one has no wish to hurt. When it is clearly necessary… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Difference is of the essence of humanity. Difference is an accident of birth and it should therefore never be the source of… — John Hume Copy Share Image
I think the essence of the argument has always been, first of all, the Guild doesn't want writing on spec. And that's… — Rod Serling Copy Share Image
And there were times when one yielded quite shamelessly to the sentimental. They were more likely to be times of crickets, I… — Harrison Gray Otis Dwight Copy Share Image
The whole language of nature informs us, that in animated beings there is something above our powers of investigation; something which employs,… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
What is it that we in the theatre give? Instead of images on canvas or in the form of statuary or music,… — Michael Chekhov Copy Share Image
There is no doubt that the time to act is now. It is now that timely action can avert disaster. It is… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
And why is it "homophobic" for Senate Republicans to look askance at sex in public bathrooms? Is the Times claiming that sodomy… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
...the source of all great mathematics is the special case, the concrete example. It is frequent in mathematics that every instance of… — Paul Halmos Copy Share Image
Integrity is what you do behind closed doors or when you think nobody is watching. Integrity is the true essence of who… — Erik Qualman Copy Share Image
Except God no substance can be granted or conceived. .. Everything, I say, is in God, and all things which are made,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is one Cosmic Essence, all-pervading, all-knowing, all-powerful. This nameless formless essence can be approached by any name, any form, any symbol… — Swami Satchidananda Copy Share Image
I was a janitor when I was 16, cleaning out garbage rooms in Washington, D.C., and they were foul. It gets really… — Jonathan Banks Copy Share Image
As you experience success in applying kaizen to clear goals like weight loss or career advancement, remember to hold onto its essence:… — Robert D. Maurer Copy Share Image