Quotes about Essence
Know the philosophy, know the details, and ignore everything in the middle.
- Gary Vaynerchuk
Much of the philosophy of religious education has been based upon a false premise, and perhaps many have missed the essence of Christian experience, having had religious training take its place.
- Billy Graham
The essence of poetry is invention; such invention as, by producing something unexpected, surprises and delights.
- Samuel Johnson
The essence of poetry is will and passion.
- William Hazlitt
The great poem must have the stamp of greatness as well as its essence.
- Henry David Thoreau
Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.
- Albert Camus
The greatest ideas are the simplest.
- William Golding
God is never impressed with what a man can do. He is more concerned with what a man is.
- AW Tozer
The essence of idolatry is the entertainment of thoughts about God that are unworthy of Him.
- AW Tozer
God is everywhere and in everything and without Him we cannot exist.
- Mother Teresa
God's presence is all that matters.
- Francis Chan
The essence of sin is a shift from God centeredness to a self-centeredness. The essence of salvation is a denial of self, not an affirming of self.
- Henry Blackaby