#sence

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice. ↗

— Baruch Spinoza

#absence #benevolence #confidence #disposition #justice

I'm studying Kabbalah, which is really the essence of Jewish spirituality. ↗

— Sandra Bernhard

#i #jewish #really #spirituality #studying

The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#account #claim #enables #enemy #essence

The American people need to know the truth. The American people need to see the truth. In a democracy, letting the people know the truth is the essence of what it means to be free. ↗

— Barbara Boxer

#american people #democracy #essence #free #know

Beauty, the eternal Spouse of the Wisdom of God and Angel of his Presence thru' all creation. ↗

— Robert Bridges

#beauty #creation #eternal #god #his

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

That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to a pertinent answer. ↗

— Jacob Bronowski

#ask #essence #impertinent #pertinent #question

You're always a little disappointing in person because you can't be the edited essence of yourself. ↗

— Mel Brooks

#because #disappointing #edited #essence #little

The question we all face is what sort of culture we will live in for the rest of our lives and then hand on to the next generation - one that embraces these most basic of values, or one that collapses because of their absence. ↗

— Tammy Bruce

#basic #because #collapses #culture #embraces

Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#compared #grief #happiness #hates #life