#essence

The essence of our effort to see that every child has a chance must be to assure each an equal opportunity, not to become equal, but to become different-to realize whatever unique potential of body, mind and spirit he or she possesses. ↗

— John Fischer

#become #body #chance #child #each

For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives. ↗

— Amy Lowell

#books #core #died #essence #heart

Exploration is really the essence of the human spirit. ↗

— Frank Borman

#exploration #human #human spirit #really #spirit

The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#life #life

I think love can come fairly easily and grow - but really liking the core essence of someone is a much harder thing to bottle. If you have both, you're in pretty good shape. ↗

— Eric Bana

#bottle #come #core #easily #essence

This goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory, this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours. What a piece of work is a man! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form and moving how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals! And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust? ↗

— William Shakespeare

#piece-of-work #quintessence-of-dust #shakespeare #soliloquy #william-shakespeare

If there is one creature that represents my essence, it's butterflies. ↗

— Patricia Velasquez

#creature #essence #represents

No matter how fast I could do it with the digital camera I don't think I would get the same thing out of it. The passion I have for formulating an idea stands alone. It is the important essence of what I do. ↗

— Kim Weston

#camera #could #digital #essence #fast

The way we're going about things and what we want to do, we feel it has to be a really pure essence of music. That's where you get the most out of it. ↗

— Chris Robinson

#essence #feel #get #going #most

The ideals of the party were close to me, and I have tried to adhere to those principles all my life. In essence, they are the same as in the Ten Commandments in the Bible. I will never change my convictions. ↗

— Valentina Tereshkova

#bible #change #close #commandments #convictions