Quotes about Essence

The abuse of a harmless thing is the essence of sin.

We don't have a soul. We are a soul. We happen to have a body.

There is ecstasy in paying attention. You can get into a kind of Wordsworthian openness to the world, where you see in everything the essence of holiness.

Pare down to the essence, but don't remove poetry. Keep things clean and unencumbered, buut don't sterilize.

It's the stuff you leave out that matters. So constantly look for things to remove, simplify, and streamline. Be a curator. Stick to what's truly essential.

Water is life's matter and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.

The essence of my coaching is to serve.

Change is the essence of life; be willing to surrender what you are for what you could become.

Life is not a matter of creating a special name for ourselves, but of uncovering the name we have always had.

How you do life is your real and final truth, not what ideas you believe.

Love is not something you do; love is someone you are. It is your True Self.8 Love is where you came from and love is where you're going. It's not something you can buy. It's not something you can attain. It is the presence of God within you, called the Holy Spirit—or what some theologians name uncreated grace.

We do not make or create our souls, we just grow them up.