Quotes about Essence

Therefore our natural desire for knowledge cannot come to rest within us until we know the first cause, and that not in any way, but in its very essence. The first cause is God. Consequently the ultimate end of an intellectual creature is the vision of God in His essence" (The Divine Trinity, Chapter 104).

Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.

It is the essence of truth that it is never excessive.... We must not resort to the flame where only light is required.

Like" and "like" and "like"--but what is the thing that lies beneath the semblance of the thing?

The soul is the truth of who we are.

The truth of the matter is this - I never look for films specifically, because ultimately if the fundamentals of the character and the script and the director aren't there, it makes it a moot point.

The center of our being is a point of nothingness which is untouched by sin and by illusion, a point of pure truth.

Things in themselves have no life in them. A car can't comfort or encourage you. A house means nothing if there's no life and love inside.

When people say, "God is love," I think they mean that love is extremely important, or that God really wants us to love. But in Christian conception, God really has love as his essence.

Character is not what we have done, but rather who we are.

What is it, then, that comprises our deepest selves and gives us worth?

Whether we see God or only seek to see God, I believe we add to the Divine Essence when we simply fasten our minds and lives onto God.