A lot of things are inherent in life -change, birth, death, aging, illness, accidents, calamities, and losses of all kinds- but these events don't have to be the cause of ongoing suffering. Yes, these events cause grief and sadness, but grief and sadness pass, like everything else, and are replaced with other experiences. The ego, however, clings to negative thoughts and feelings and, as a result, magnifies, intensifies, and sustains those emotions while the ego overlooks the subtle feelings of joy, gratitude, excitement, adventure, love, and peace that come from Essence. If we dwelt on these positive states as much as we generally dwell on our negative thoughts and painful emotions, our lives would be transformed.

You don't have to be strong, because the strength is in you; it's in your DNA, in your soul and your essence.

Brightly burning passion is the releasing of your essence, your specialness and your gifts to the world.

Melody is the essence of music. I compare a good melodist to a fine racer, and counterpointists to hack post-horses; therefore be advised, let well alone and remember the old Italian proverb: Chi sa più, meno sa— Who knows most, knows least.

What do we mean by saying that existence precedes essence? We mean that man first of all exists, encounters himself, surges up in the world-and defines himself afterward.

We all must travel,' the driver said, keeping his eyes on the way ahead. His hands grasped the wheel firmly. 'It is the essence of all things, to move and change and keep going forward and backward and around. Even the spirits and the dead.

I wish to approach truth as closely as is possible, and therefore I abstract everything until I arrive at the fundamental quality of objects.

Indeed neither life nor science bothers about essences-they leave essences to metaphysics, which is neither life nor science.

Names and attributes must be accommodated to the essence of things, and not the essence to the names, since things come first and names afterwards.

The energy of the mind is the essence of life.

In the essence of truth lies deceit.

Is it possible, in the final analysis, for one human being to achieve perfect understanding of another?We can invest enormous time and energy in serious efforts to know another person, but in the end, how close can we come to that person's essence? We convince ourselves that we know the other person well, but do we really know anything important about anyone?

If God fairness, impartiality, equity, are his essence, that should become dominant in any society

What is the essence of Vitrag? Fearlessness!

You have to discover the essence of your life

Time is the essence of life

You have to discover the essence of your creation

The essence of adversity is to show us the real brave people who can withstand it.

The essence of one life is empowering another life, and so your passion has to be linked to the liberation of other people's happiness.