Essence Quotes

One must love humanity in order to reach out into the unique essence of each individual: no one can be too low or too ugly.

A novel captures essence that is not possible in any other form.

I'm studying Kabbalah, which is really the essence of Jewish spirituality.

Fortunes are made, and disappear, over the lifetime of a single generation. Today, a person in essence takes his wealth from society just for the duration of his or her lifetime. The next generation has to create it anew.

Every society and religion has rules, for both have moral laws. And the essence of morality consists, as in art, of drawing the line somewhere.

It is better to create than to learn! Creating is the essence of life.

So what I did on the field was the essence of what I am. Remember me like that.

The ideals of the party were close to me, and I have tried to adhere to those principles all my life. In essence, they are the same as in the Ten Commandments in the Bible. I will never change my convictions.

Pretending to be other people is my game and that to me is the essence of the whole business of acting.

I don't think people change. I think they definitely mature. But I think the essence of what I am today is the same as when I was five years old. It's just maturity. I've become a healthier, fuller expression of that essence.

The essence of conservative ideology is its being anchored in the divine order of things.