#Essence

"Is it possible, in the final analysis, for one human being to achieve perfect understanding of another?We can invest enormous time and energy in serious efforts to know another person, but in the end, how close can we come to that person's essence? We convince ourselves that we know the other person well, but do we really know anything important about anyone?"

"She wants to teach me to dance, but how do you instruct water to flow? I'm so fluid all you can do is swim in my moves and drink my essence."

"In essence I find that the foundation of modern conservatism is driven by a clinging to God in fear of the world, whereas the foundation of modern liberalism is a clinging to the world in fear of God; albeit, the true foundation should be one's clinging to God in fear of God."

"Essence of any creature encompasses more than one realm.Here now this body, is a vehicle of my essence in this universe."

"The essence of true friendship is to make allowance for another's little lapses."

"I drank her essence, and it’s like she never existed and now I’m thirsty again. Let this be a lesson in love."

"Feel your emotions,Live true your passions,Keep still your mind."

"Names and attributes must be accommodated to the essence of things, and not the essence to the names, since things come first and names afterwards."

"In essence, we are deeper than being; we are character, which contains the conscious forces of love, justice, kindness, faith, and forgiveness."

"The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure."

"The energy of the mind is the essence of life."

"The lungs are fishing nets for smoke, and I inhaled her essence like she was marijuana grown just for me."

"[On Schopenhauer in Black and White] Schopenhauer's views of love are flawed. Love can't be merely an illusion of the mind to aid in procreation, but the path to redemption for an otherwise violently selfish species. Past human greatness has proven that when challenged, love can overpower impulsive instinct, and in essence, the vilest aspects of our nature."

"The very essence of the creative is its novelty, and hence we have no standard by which to judge it."

"Love in its essence is spiritual fire."

"Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently."