Essence Quotes

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Rapidity is the essence of war: take advantage of the enemy's unreadiness, make your way by unexpected routes, and attack unguarded spots. — Sun Tzu
The essence of intercultural education is the acquisition of empathy-the ability to see the world as others see it, and to allow for the possibility… — J. William Fulbright
The essence of education is the education of the body. — Benjamin Disraeli
In golf, humiliations are the essence of the game. — Alistair Cooke
Psychology teaches us at every step that though two types of activity can have the same external manifestation, whether in origin or essence, their nature… — Lev S. Vygotsky
I concluded some time ago that a major part of success of a team, or of an individual, has a great deal to do with… — Dick Bennett
Duty is the essence of manhood. — George S. Patton
In war, we always deform ourselves, our essence. — Chris Hedges
Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking. Peace and not war is the father of all things. — Ludwig von Mises
We ordinary people must forge our own beauty. We must set fire to the greyness of our labor with the art of our own lives… — Kenji Miyazawa
When we understand that man is the only animal who must create meaning, who must open a wedge into neutral nature, we already understand the… — Ernest Becker
Desire is the essence of a man. — Baruch Spinoza
Man, proud man, drest in a little brief authority, most ignorant of what he's most assur d, glassy essence, like an angry ape, plays such… — William Shakespeare
Hockey captures the essence of Canadian experience in the New World. In a land so inescapably and inhospitably cold, hockey is the chance of life,… — Stephen Leacock
The essence of sports is that while you're doing it, nothing else matters, but after you stop, there is a place, generally not very important,… — Roger Bannister
Judo is the way to the most effective use of both physical and spiritual strength. By training you in attacks and defenses it refines your… — Kano Jigoro
Love is the essence of God.... — Ralph Waldo Emerson
We may say that on the first Good Friday afternoon was completed that great act by which light conquered darkness and goodness conquered sin. That… — Phillips Brooks
The essence of romantic love is not the company of a lover but the pursuit. — Andrew Sullivan
What is the essence of life? To serve others and to do good. — Aristotle
The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true science. He who knows… — Hans Selye
Such is hope, heaven's own gift to struggling mortals, pervading, like some subtle essence from the skies, all things both good and bad. — Charles Dickens
There are certain things that are fundamental to human fulfillment. The essence of these needs is captured in the phrase 'to live, to love, to… — Stephen Covey
I am quite confident that the most important part of a human being is not his physical body but his nonphysical essence, which some people… — Harold S. Kushner
The essence of Africa's crisis is fundamentally its extreme poverty and therefore its inability to mobilize out of its own resources even the barest of… — Jeffrey Sachs

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