Quotes about Essence
Whatever men make, she says, what they felt when they made it is there...Man is a means for turning things into spirit and turning spirit into things.
- John Updike
Spirit is an invisible force made visible in all life.
- Maya Angelou
Without the way , there is no going; without the truth, there is no knowing; without the life, there is no living.
- Thomas a Kempis
We are because God is.
- Margaret Silf
Love is the beauty of the soul.
- St. Augustine
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 teachers of Scripture conclude that the essence of prayer is simply the lifting up of the heart to God. But if this is so, it follows that everything else that doesn't lift up the heart to God is not prayer. Therefore, singing, talking, and whistling without this lifting up of your heart to God are as much like prayer as scarecrows in the garden are like people. The name and appearance might be there, but the essence is missing.
- Martin Luther
Love is something eternal; the aspect may change, but not the essense.
- Vincent Van Gogh
Love is something eternal; the aspect may change, but not the essence
- Vincent Van Gogh
Love is God inside out.
- Matshona Dhliwayo
Love is the heartbeat of the universe; without it, everything dies.
- Matshona Dhliwayo
The greatest universe is the one within you.
- Matshona Dhliwayo