Attributes Quote by Rumi

I want to be defined by my own essence.

— Kathy Bates

For your self to become pure, give everything to what is already pure in you.

— John de Ruiter

In order to purify yourself, you have to understand yourself, Father Trais went on. Everything out in the world is also in you. Good,…

— Louise Erdrich

And whenever you feel that essence in another, you also feel it in yourself.

— Eckhart Tolle

We ordinary people must forge our own beauty. We must set fire to the greyness of our labor with the art of our own…

— Kenji Miyazawa

Your innermost core has always been pure. Purity is intrinsic to you, it cannot be taken away.

— Rajneesh

Through recognizing and realizing the empty essence, instead of being selfish and self-centered, one feels very open and free

— Tsoknyi Rinpoche

“Your True Self is who you objectively are from the beginning, in the mind and heart of God, "the face you had before you…

— Richard Rohr

“The beauty of your mind depends on the "make-ups" you use to feed it. A "can-do-spirit" is the best cosmetic. It never fades your…

— Israelmore Ayivor

I am part of a divine essence. I don't have to become anything. I already am.

— Tom Shadyac

This self-respect and sense of self-worth, the innermost armament of the soul, lies at the heart of humanness; to be deprived of it is…

— Laura Hillenbrand

“1:92 THE WAYS OF ESSENCE Now I will observe the nature of this being alive in the different ways we are. Essence can be…

— Bahauddin