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title: "7 Human Essence Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Human Essence quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Human Essence sayings and thoughts."
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> [“The air was full of human essence, of artificial enticement, of coquetry, indolence, pleasure—the man-made sense of existence.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/o-henry/the-air-was-full-of-human-essence-of-artificial-enticement-of/)

[O. Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/o-henry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb8/o-henry-3281_life_the-air-was-full-of-human-essence-of-art_1309745.jpg)

> [“From an evolutionary perspective, the closest thing we have to a human essence is our DNA, and the DNA molecule is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yuval-noah-harari/from-an-evolutionary-perspective-the-closest-thing-we-have-to-a-human/)

[Yuval Noah Harari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yuval-noah-harari/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87d/yuval-noah-harari-100_biology_from-an-evolutionary-perspective-the-clo_1719458.jpg)

> [What a bog and labyrinth the human essence is... We are all overbrained and overemotioned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-hannah/what-a-bog-and-labyrinth-the-human-essence-is-we-are-all-overbrained/)

[Barry Hannah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-hannah/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/059/barry-hannah-10920_bogs_what-a-bog-and-labyrinth-the-human-essen_1743086.jpg)

> [The spiritual life is part of the human essence. It is a defining characteristic of human nature, without which human nature is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-maslow/the-spiritual-life-is-part-of-the-human-essence-it-is-a-defining/)

[Abraham Maslow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-maslow/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/370/abraham-maslow-2146_characteristics_the-spiritual-life-is-part-of-the-human_2160154.png)

> [For me what was very important was to try to capture the essence that might have existed behind the myth, the human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-ramirez/for-me-what-was-very-important-was-to-try-to-capture-the-essence-that/)

[Edgar Ramirez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-ramirez/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/981/edgar-ramirez-9340_behinds_for-me-what-was-very-important-was-to-tr_2165707.jpg)

> [“It is the fantastic realization of the human essence because the human essence has no true reality.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hitchens/it-is-the-fantastic-realization-of-the-human-essence-because-the/)

[Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-hitchens/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfc/christopher-hitchens-117_nature-of-man_it-is-the-fantastic-realization-of-the-h_2351556.jpg)

> [“No one should ever die alone. Rejoin the love of the goddess who made you. No longer a man, no longer a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomm-quackenbush/no-one-should-ever-die-alone-rejoin-the-love-of-the-goddess-who-made/)

[Thomm Quackenbush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomm-quackenbush/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0d/thomm-quackenbush-2029_alone_no-one-should-ever-die-alone-rejoin-the_2388928.jpg)

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