Human history in essence is the history of ideas.
Human nature being what it is, peace must inevitably be a relative condition. The essence of life is struggle and competition, and to that extent perfect peace is an almost meaningless abstraction. Struggle and competition are stimulating, but when they degenerate into conflict it is usually both destructive and disruptive. The aim of political institutions like the United Nations is to draw the line between struggle and conflict and to make it possible for nations to stay on the right side of that line.
Sashimi is velvet dust, verging on silk, or a bit of both, and the extraordinary alchemy of its gossamer essence allows it to preserve a milky density unknown even by clouds. . . . my cheeks recalled the effects of its profound caress.
The essence of decay is inactivity.
The fact that modern physics, the manifestation of an extreme specialization of the rational mind, is now making contact with mysticism, the essence of religion and manifestation of an extreme specialization of the intuitive mind, shows very beautifully the unity and complementary nature of the rational and intuitive modes of consciousness; of the yang and the yin.
David Cristofanos debut novel captures the essence of the human spirit, and delivers a story that is simultaneously heartwarming and heartbreaking.
The essence of oppression is that one is defined from the outside by those who define themselves as superior by criteria of their own choice.
It's almost scary how stylish things can look if you take the color out - how much more you see the essence of things and how much more something can appear elegant.
Freedom. Freedom of religion. Freedom to speak their mind. Freedom to build a life. And yes, freedom to build a business. With their own hands. This is the essence of the American experience.
Love teaches us how to penetrate the inner worlds, to clean the glass of existence and see reality in its perfect essence.
Focusing totally on technique, you lose the essence and power of simplicity. . . The other extreme is just as bad; you see it in a lot of Modern works, where the concept is more important than the technique, resulting in very poor craftsmanship.
What is the essence of life? To serve others and to do good.
Rhubarb: essence of stomach ache.
The undiscovered is not far away. It's not something to be found eventually. It is contained within what is right in front of us. The essence of reality is being born right now. It has never existed before.
So they loved as love in twain Had the essence but in one; Two distinct, divisions none.
Let's face it, war in its essence is another form of capitalism.
Style and Structure are the essence of a book; great ideas are hogwash.
Biological determinism is, in its essence, a theory of limits. It takes the current status of groups as a measure of where they should and must be. . . We inhabit a world of human differences and predilections, but the extrapolation of these facts to theories of rigid limits is ideology.
In Chinese, the word for heart and mind is the same -- Hsin. For when the heart is open and the mind is clear they are of one substance, of one essence.
What I term Zen, old Zen, the original face of Zen, new Zen, pure Zen, or Tantric Zen is - Zen in its essence.
