Quotes about Essence

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?

This Self is the honey of all beings, and all beings are the honey of this Self.

In Scripture, a name often connotes purpose, authority, makeup, and character. In fact, a person's name is frequently seen as an equivalent of that person.

What does the body matter if the soul is dead?

A world is supported by four things…." She held up four big-knuckled fingers. "…the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the righteous and the valor of the brave. But all of these are as nothing…." She closed her fingers into a fist. "…without

You had to pick and choose, discreetly animating the past. And was that not the purpose of consciousness, the very essence of being alive? Select from the past and match it against the present: Learn consequences.

Ontology: the word about the essence of things; the word about being.

It is not until Christians study the humility of Jesus as the very essence of His redemption, as the only true relationship to the Father, that the terrible lack of actual, heavenly humility will become a burden and a sorrow.

It is the very essence of true religion, the channel of all blessings, the secret of power and life. Not only for ourselves, but for others, for the Church, for the world, it is to prayer that God has given the right to take hold of Him and His strength.

It is the very essence of true religion, the channel of all blessings, the secret of power and life.

Indeed, how can the mind by its own leading come to search out God's essence when it cannot even get to its own?

Faith not only should be fixed upon the essence of Christ (as they say), but should also attend to his mission and power.