Leo Tolstoy Quotes, Lying Quotes, Essence Quotes

The essence of any religion lies solely in the answer to the question: why do I exist, and what is my relationship to the infinite universe that surrounds me?

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History is a great deal closer to poetry than is generally realised: in truth, I think, it is in essence the same.

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Perhaps it is true that we do not really exist until there is someone there to see us existing, we cannot properly speak until there is someone who can understand what we are saying in essence, we are not wholly alive until we are loved.

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No state, upon its own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union. Plainly, the central idea of secession, is the essence of anarchy.

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Ancient masters of excellence had a subtle essence, and a depth too profound to comprehend.

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The essence of the Way is detachment.

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My acts are irrevocable Because they have no essence... Where are the doers of deeds Absent among their conditions? Imagine a magician Who creates a creature Who creates other creatures. Acts I perform are creatures Who create others.

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Indifference is the essence of inhumanity.

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Linguine linguistics that left my verbal essence saucy, Send a message, leave you sleepin' next to headless horsey.

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The Essence of Knowledge is, having it, to use it.

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Between the desire And the spasm, Between the potency And the existence, Between the essence And the descent, Falls the Shadow.

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Truths cannot be acquired from words out of other people's mouths. Before Truths can be internalized, they must come from one's own realizations and practices. Through a lifetime of personal practice, human beings are capable of revealing all of the secrets of the cosmic essence. You are your own best judge.

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Buddha was speaking about reality. Reality may be one, in its deepest essence, but Buddha also stated that all propositions about reality are only contingent.

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Now, to be properly enjoyed, a walking tour should be gone upon alone.... Freedom is of the essence, because you should be able to stop and go on and follow this way or that as the freak takes you.... There should be no cackle of voices at your elbow to jar on the meditative silence of the morning.

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Pure essence, and pure matter, and the two joined into one were shot forth without flaw, like three bright arrows from a three-string bow.

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Hinduism is synonymous with humanism. That is its essence and its great liberating quality.

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Books are the basis; purity is the force; preaching is the essence; utility is the principle.

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Just as I shall lie alone in the grave, so, in essence, do I live alone.

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The essence of age is intellect. Wherever that appears, we call it old.

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The external is in no way the essence of religion, but the external often proclaims the internal.

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