Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes, Essence Quotes, Names Quotes

By virtue of this science the poet is the Namer, or Language-maker, naming things sometimes after their appearance, sometimes after their essence, and giving to every one its own name and not another's, thereby rejoicing the intellect, which delights in detachment or boundary.

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The essence of the Way is detachment. And the goal of those who practice is freedom from appearances.

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Belief in non-violence is based on the assumption that human nature in the essence is one and therefore unfailingly responds to the advances of love.

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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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I really don't see anything romantic in proposing. It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal. Why, one may be accepted. One usually is, I believe. Then the excitement is all over. The very essence of romance is uncertainty. If ever I get married, I'll certainly try to forget the fact.

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growth requires purposeful division. Responsible dissent is the essence of democracy.

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I think that where I've gotten frustrated during the course of my presidency has never been because I was getting pushed too hard by activists to see the justness of a cause or the essence of an issue.

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Farce is nearer tragedy in its essence than comedy is.

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It is felt that a disciplined mind leads to happiness and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering, and in fact it is said that bringing about discipline within one's mind is the essence of the Buddha's teaching.

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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 very essence of democracy is that every person represents all the varied interests which compose the nation.

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Ingratitude is the essence of vileness.

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

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Hail, holy light! offspring of heaven firstborn! Or of th' eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblam'd? since God is light And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate!

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

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

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Just as the grammarian makes one study grammar, A Buddha teaches according to the tolerance of his students; Some he urges to refrain from sins, others to do good, Some to rely on dualism, other on non-dualism; And to some he teaches the profound, The terrifying, the practice of enlightenment, Whose essence is emptiness that is compassion

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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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