Essential Quotes

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There is nothing as precious to man as a sound mind in a sound body and it is essential that the physical well being of… — Haile Selassie
I am concerning myself with only one essential thing: to set man free. I desire to free him from all cages, from all fears, and… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
What's my philosophy? In a word, integral. And what on earth — or in heaven — do I mean by integral? The dictionary meaning is… — Ken Wilber
Psychology is sometimes called a new science. This is quite wrong. Psychology is, perhaps, the oldest science, and, unfortunately, in its most essential features a… — P D Ouspensky
In displaying the psychology of your characters, minute particulars are essential. God save us from vague generalizations! — Anton Chekhov
I think persistence in the face of adversity is an essential part of a writer’s job description. If you don’t care enough about it to… — Lawrence Block
The most essential elements of success in life are a purpose, increasing industry, temperate habits, scrupulous regard for ones word ... courteous manners, a generous… — William A. Clark
It is essential to the triumph of reform that it should never succeed. — William Hazlitt
First, the security and privacy of sensitive taxpayer information is absolutely essential. — Jim Ramstad
It is an essential tenet of our whole representative form of government, the idea that there should not be some tyranny which makes it so… — Todd Akin
To love oneself is to love life. It is essential to understand that we make ourselves happy in making others happy. — Matthieu Ricard
Early rising is also essential to the good government of a family. A late breakfast deranges the whole business of the day, and throws a… — Mary Randolph
One measure of the greatness of a work is that the characters who play roles in the narrative feel its essential truth. As someone who… — Niles Eldredge
What I would like to leave behind is a simple prayer that each of you may find what I have found—God’s special gift to us… — Joseph Bernardin
As liberty of thought is absolute, so is liberty of speech, which is 'inseparable' from the liberty of thought. Liberty of speech, moreover, is essential… — Gertrude Himmelfarb
It is critical that the world captures every last bit of energy efficiency, if we are to reduce greenhouse gas emissions enough to keep below… — Christiana Figueres
Thoughtcrime is death. Thoughtcrime does not entail death. Thoughtcrime IS death. I have committed even before setting pen to paper the essential crime that contains… — Winston Smith
By our very endowment as children of an Eternal Father we have had implanted within our souls the urgency to be free. It is natural… — Dean L. Larsen
Well, I'm still looking for Maurice Ashley. My essential qualities. I think that more than anything, I try to do the right thing, I think… — Maurice Ashley
Self-forgiveness is essential to self-healing. — Ruth Carter Stapleton
Our minds are all different and I believe cultivating a keen introspective sensitivity is absolutely essential in discovering our potential. — Joshua Waitzkin
An essential aspect of maturing is developing the ability to take increasing responsibility for our own lives—to become increasingly self-directed — Malcolm Knowles
A dancer must have tremendous personality. A God like Christ and even a godman like Rajneesh had some personality. Combination of talent, dedication, creativity and… — Yamini Krishnamurthy
One of the qualities essential to being good at reading poetry is also one of the qualities essential to being good at life: a capacity… — Christian Wiman
Maps are essential. Planning a journey without a map is like building a house without drawings. — Mark Jenkins

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