Essential Quotes

2422 Essential quotes by 1671 unique authors

Objectivity and presence of mind are essential in such positions where sacrificial temptations are not always resistable. — Leonid Shamkovich
The 20th Century approach to economics, resource depletion and over-consumption means we boom and bust until we bust more than we boom; that is precisely… — Phil Harding
Reliable and affordable energy is essential for meeting basic human needs and fueling economic growth, but many of the most difficult and dangerous environmental problems… — John Holdren
It is (to describe it figuratively) as if an author were to make a slip of the pen, and as if this clerical error became… — Soren Kierkegaard
In the light of her son's comment she reconsidered the scene at the mosque, to see whose impression was correct. Yes it could be worked… — E. M. Forster
A man without God is not like a cake without raisins; he is like a cake without the flour and milk; he lacks the essential… — Fulton J. Sheen
I think the more important task for a young person than developing a personal brand is figuring out what she's great at, what she loves… — Daniel H. Pink
All essential knowledge relates to existence, or only such knowledge as has an essential relationship to existence is essential knowledge. — Soren Kierkegaard
The essential fact of Christianity is that God thought all men worth the sacrifice of his son. — William Barclay
True listening is another way of bringing stillness into the relationship. When you truly listen to someone, the dimension of stillness arises and becomes an… — Eckhart Tolle
The first recognition of beauty was one of the most significant events in the evolution of human conciousness... seeing beauty in a flower could awaken… — Eckhart Tolle
The theater requires an essential gullibility that you can't get through life without having. If all you can feel is skepticism-well , you meet people… — Tony Kushner
It is an essential part of the interpretive work that it should keep in step with fluctuations between love and hatred, between happiness and satisfaction… — Melanie Klein
Only what is essential must be said. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Water is a finite resource that is essential in the advancement of agriculture, and is vital to human life. — Jim Costa
I get ideas about what's essential when packing my suitcase. — Diane von Furstenberg
Strong responsible unions are essential to industrial fair play. Without them the labor bargain is wholly one-sided. — Louis D. Brandeis
A rapid rendering of a landscape represents only one moment of its existence. I prefer, by insisting upon its essential character, to risk losing charm… — Henri Matisse
The strength to kill is not essential for self-defence; one ought to have the strength to die. — Mahatma Gandhi
Reading-not occasionally, not only on vacation but everyday-gives me nourishment and enlarges my life in mysterious and essential ways. — Mona Simpson
Make chance essential. — Paul Klee
The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-ness... Unfortunately, many of life's failures are experienced by people… — Thomas A. Edison
Knowledge of the means to express our emotion is essential- and is acquired only after a very long experience. — Paul Cezanne
I'm not afraid of facts, I welcome facts but a congeries of facts is not equivalent to an idea. This is the essential fallacy of… — Cynthia Ozick
The future is not a gift: it is an achievement. Every generation helps make its own future. This is the essential challenge of the present — Robert Kennedy

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