Essences Quotes

26 quotes by 24 authors

The One, the Good, the True, and the Beautiful, these are what we call the transcendental attributes of Being, because they surpass all the limits… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
I would welcome the passing of the idea of philosophy as defined by a method of conceptual analysis. But that is not the passing of… — Robert Adams
Virtues, like essences, lose their fragrance when exposed. — William Shenstone
It sacrifices people's lives and their essences at the drop of a dimeI had a manager once say to me, You know you're worth more… — Chaka Khan
Every artist undresses his subject, whether human or still life. It is his business to find essences in surfaces, and what more attractive and challenging… — Richard Corliss
I paint to rest from the phenomena of the external world - to pronounce it -- and to make notations of its essences with which… — Morris Graves
It is amazing that our souls - our eternal essences, with all their hopes and dreams and visions of an eternal world - are contained… — Marion Woodman
Science, incidentally, not only ignores the question of indwelling 'essences' by looking instead at measurable relationships, but science also does not agree that knowledge is… — Robert Anton Wilson
In creating a work of art, the psyche or soul of the artist ascends from the earthly realm into the heavenly. There, free of all… — Pavel Florensky
Humans feel at home in a world of things, whose essences and laws it can grasp and define in terms of concepts; but shy and… — Etienne Gilson
The essences of all religions speak of peace, compassion, justice and the interconnection of all life. — Jo Ann Emerson
Love songs are one of the great essences of life, the only thing thats lasting. — George Benson
We think of the number "five" as applying to appropriate groups of any entities whatsoever - to five fishes, five children, five apples, five days...… — Alfred North Whitehead
Morandi gave an intimate view of his deepest thoughts. We watched him inquiring after the devilish questions of essences and substances. — Wayne Thiebaud
The grief of losing my father has come in waves over the years, as it does with most people. His love and devotion as a… — Jennifer Grant
The ever quickening advances of science made possible by the success of the Human Genome Project will also soon let us see the essences of… — James D. Watson
There are many forms of love and affection, some people can spend their whole lives together without knowing each other's names. Naming is a difficult… — Jeanette Winterson
The greatest book is not the one whose message engraves itself on the brain, as a telegraphic message engraves itself on the ticker-tape, but the… — Romain Rolland
We have nothing to fear and a great deal to learn from trees, that vigorours and pacific tribe which without stint produces strengthening essences for… — Marcel Proust
Because no man can ever feel his own identity aright except his eyes be closed; as if darkness were indeed the proper element of our… — Herman Melville

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