Quotes about Essence
It is the essence of truth that it is never excessive.... We must not resort to the flame where only light is required.
— Victor Hugo
Like" and "like" and "like"--but what is the thing that lies beneath the semblance of the thing?
— Virginia Woolf
The soul is the truth of who we are.
— Marianne Williamson
The truth of the matter is this - I never look for films specifically, because ultimately if the fundamentals of the character and the script and the director aren't there, it makes it a moot point.
— Leonardo DiCaprio
The center of our being is a point of nothingness which is untouched by sin and by illusion, a point of pure truth.
— Thomas Merton
Things in themselves have no life in them. A car can't comfort or encourage you. A house means nothing if there's no life and love inside.
— Joyce Meyer
When people say, "God is love," I think they mean that love is extremely important, or that God really wants us to love. But in Christian conception, God really has love as his essence.
— Timothy Keller
Character is not what we have done, but rather who we are.
— Bill Hybels
What is it, then, that comprises our deepest selves and gives us worth?
— Ted Dekker
Whether we see God or only seek to see God, I believe we add to the Divine Essence when we simply fasten our minds and lives onto God.
— Julian of Norwich
Less is only more where more is no good.
— Frank Lloyd Wright
Live in the wisdom of accepted tenderness. Tenderness awakens within the security of knowing we are thoroughly and sincerely liked by someone... Scripture suggests that the essence of the divine nature is compassion and that the heart of God is defined by tenderness.
— Brennan Manning