Essentials Quotes

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The essential thing is not that there be many truths in a work, but that no truth be abused. — Joseph Joubert
Every victory of man over man has in itself a taste of defeat.... There is no essential difference between the various human groups, creatures whose… — Freya Stark
It is essential that we understand people for who they are as individuals and not the public perception of them or their family and past. — Clement Freud
If you give a child something very complex to paint, such as a bouquet of flowers or a natural landscape, if he is very good,… — Robert Motherwell
It is precisely the way which is productive - this is the essential thing; becoming is more important than being... — Paul Klee
Novelty is seldom the essential... make a subject better from its intrinsic nature. — Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Anxiety is essential to the human condition. The confrontation with anxiety can relieve us from boredom, sharpen the sensitivity and assure the presence of tension… — Rollo May
Spirit of Beauty, whose sweet impulses, flung like rose of dawn across the sea, alone can flush the exalted consciousness with shafts of sensible divinity-light… — Alan Seeger
I am a critic - as essential to the theatre as ants to a picnic. — Joseph L. Mankiewicz
It may indeed prove to be far the most difficult and not the least important task for human reason rationally to comprehend its own limitations.… — Friedrich August von Hayek
Part of the triumph of modernist poetry is, indeed, to have demonstrated the great extent to which verse can do without explicit meaning and yet… — Clement Greenberg
In the new workplace, with its emphasis on flexibility, teams and a strong customer orientation, this crucial set of emotional competencies is becoming increasingly essential… — Daniel Goleman
I put a drop of lavender essential oil on my pillow before I go to sleep. — Melissa Joan Hart
It is essential that the foreign forces who have invaded and occupy large parts of the Congo halt their offensive action — Richard Holbrooke
Socialist democracy is not a luxury but an absolute, essential necessity for overthrowing capitalism and building socialism. — Ernest Mandel
The appearances of natural objects are in themselves meaningless; the essential thing is feeling - in itself and completely independent of the context in which… — Kazimir Malevich
Leaders exhibit two essential characteristics, the willingness to confront adversity and a clearly articulated future preference. — Martin O'Malley
I don't know what motivated the artist, which means that the paintings have an intrinsic quality. I think Goethe called it the 'essential dimension,' the… — Gerhard Richter
Mathematics is not merely an idle art form, it is an essential part of our society. — Richard Hamming
The saying of John Peale Bishop is worth recalling, that the South excelled in two things which the French deem essential to civilization: a code… — Richard M. Weaver

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