Quotes about Essence
Nature is not matter only. She is also a spirit
— Carl Jung
Self-preservation is the first principle of our nature.
— Alexander Hamilton
Love is an image of God, and not a lifeless image, but the living essence of the divine nature which beams full of all goodness.
— Martin Luther
All evolutionary biologists know that variation itself is nature's only irreducible essence... I had to place myself amidst the variation.
— Stephen Jay Gould
Dust on gold doesn't change the nature of gold.
— Jon Gordon
A bear does not change its nature because it shed its fur.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Know the philosophy, know the details, and ignore everything in the middle.
— Gary Vaynerchuk
Much of the philosophy of religious education has been based upon a false premise, and perhaps many have missed the essence of Christian experience, having had religious training take its place.
— Billy Graham
The essence of poetry is invention; such invention as, by producing something unexpected, surprises and delights.
— Samuel Johnson
The essence of poetry is will and passion.
— William Hazlitt
The great poem must have the stamp of greatness as well as its essence.
— Henry David Thoreau
Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.
— Albert Camus