#sence

This subsistence, or manner of being of God is his one essence so far as it has personal properties. ↗

— William Ames

#essence #far #god #his #manner

In practice, I've had a presence in China since 1998 with my commercial spaces and shops. ↗

— Giorgio Armani

#commercial #had #i #practice #presence

In the absence of that, I am happy to play solo, but I don't think there is any comparison. ↗

— Derek Bailey

#am #any #comparison #happy #i

The face of everyone in mine, the oneness with every blade of grass, the flight with the flocks in the sky, the dance with the clouds across endless skies. The strength with every tree, rooting deep into mother earth, springing forth into the heavens, extending branches of gratitude and love.... Such a privilege, honor and grace, such a gift and joy. ↗

— Patsie Smith

#enlightenment #essence-of-life #inspiration #life #nature

Nature hath given not only to the highest, but also to the inferior, classes of the people of this nation, a boldness and confidence in speaking and answering, even in the presence of their princes and chieftains. ↗

— Giraldus Cambrensis

#answering #boldness #classes #confidence #even

I had no album title, and the album is like a journey in that it's a complete body of work. It's not just a couple of catchy songs and filler, so I felt that I needed to capture the essence of the album. ↗

— Vanessa Carlton

#body #capture #catchy #complete #couple

A lyric, it is true, is the expression of personal emotion, but then so is all poetry, and to suppose that there are several kinds of poetry, differing from each other in essence, is to be deceived by wholly artificial divisions which have no real being. ↗

— John Drinkwater

#being #deceived #differing #divisions #each

What I learned as an actor was the only way you could really do August Wilson's work, you had to leave an ounce of your essence on that stage,... Otherwise it was impossible. ↗

— Charles S. Dutton

#august #could #essence #had #i

The absence of flaw in beauty is itself a flaw. ↗

— Havelock Ellis

#beauty #flaw #itself

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

— Gene Fowler

#books #core #died #essence #heart