#essence

The essence of greatness is neglect of the self. ↗

— James Anthony Froude

#greatness #neglect #self

Paul's the writer. Yeah, I wrote a little of that stuff, but that's just technically true. In spirit, and in essence of the truth, it doesn't matter. So I don't know, maybe I'm being foolish for not being technical. Yeah, I wrote a certain portion of the things. ↗

— Art Garfunkel

#certain #essence #foolish #i #just

Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo, it presently turns out to be so. ↗

— Stephen Leacock

#believe #essence #first #make #make believe

Like bones to the human body, the axle to the wheel, the wing to the bird, and the air to the wing, so is liberty the essence of life. Whatever is done without it is imperfect. ↗

— Jose Marti

#bird #body #bones #done #essence

I think what's really the most ideal thing is for the player themselves, within their own imagination, to carve out what they view as being the essence of the character. ↗

— Shigeru Miyamoto

#carve #character #essence #i #i think

I don't think poetry is something that can be taught. We can encourage young writers, but what you can't teach them is the very essence of poetry. ↗

— Robert Morgan

#essence #i #poetry #something #taught

The keystone of the Fascist doctrine is its conception of the State, of its essence, its functions, and its aims. For Fascism the State is absolute, individuals and groups relative. ↗

— Benito Mussolini

#aims #conception #doctrine #essence #fascism

Style and Structure are the essence of a book; great ideas are hogwash. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

#essence #great #great ideas #hogwash #ideas

If you decide to move to another country and to live within its laws you don't express your disregard for the essence of the culture. It's a form of aggression. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#another #country #culture #decide #disregard

The universal medicine for the Soul is the Supreme Reason and Absolute Justice; for the mind, mathematical and practical Truth; for the body, the Quintessence, a combination of light and gold. ↗

— Albert Pike

#body #combination #gold #justice #light