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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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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Human history is, in essence, a history of ideas.

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Ingratitude is the essence of vileness.

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My friends are me and in essence better than me, they help me be better even when they don't know it.

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The essence of thought, as the essence of life, is growth.

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Free yourself from the psychological structure of society, which is to free yourself from the essence of conflict.

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Farce is nearer tragedy in its essence than comedy is.

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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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My own opinion is that just as fundamentally man and woman are one, their problems must be one in essence.

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He who atones for sins never calculates; he pours out the whole essence of his contrite heart.

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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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The essence of humour is surprise; that is why you laugh when you see a joke in Punch.

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All law has its essence in causation.

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

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Quickness is the essence of the war.

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Metaphysics is universal and is exclusively concerned with primary substance. ... And here we will have the science to study that which is, both in its essence and in the properties which it has.

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

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For Spirits when they please Can either sex assume, or both; so soft And uncompounded is their essence pure, Not tied or manacled with joint or limb, Nor founded on the brittle strength of bones, Like cumbrous flesh; but in what shape they choose Dilated or condensed, bright or obscure, Can execute their airy purposes, And works of love or enmity fulfil.

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Every time you suppress some part of yourself or allow others to play you small, you are in essence ignoring the owner's manual your creator gave you and destroying your design.

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