Clean water, the essence of life and a birthright for everyone, must become available to all people now.
Writing is performative - and while, yes, the words in essence will be there "forever," poems are often about ecstatic moments rather than trying to pin down a particular truth of an event.
Art is limitation; the essence of every picture is the frame. If you draw a giraffe, you must draw him with a long neck. If in your bold creative way you hold yourself free to draw a giraffe with a short neck, you will really find that you are not free to draw a giraffe.
That is what I have always understood to be the essence of anarchism: the conviction that the burden of proof has to be placed on authority, and that it should be dismantled if that burden cannot be met.
When we stop and reflect things begin to happen and sometimes we get the essence of God when we are just quiet.
In its essence the Gospel is a call to make the experiment of comradeship, the experiment of fellowship, the experiment of trusting the heart of things, throwing self-care to the winds, in the sure and certain faith that you will not be deserted, forsaken nor betrayed, and that your ultimate interests are perfectly secure in the hands of the Great Companion. This insight is the center, the kernel, the growing point of the Christian religion, which, when we have it, all else is secure, and when we have it not, all else is precarious.
Desire is the very essence of man
The essence of oppression is that one is defined from the outside by those who define themselves as superior by criteria of their own choice.
Duty is the essence of manhood.
The supreme bliss that pulsates in the wake of meditation is your pure essence.
The essence of humour is surprise; that is why you laugh when you see a joke in Punch.
The Great Being saith: Human utterance is an essence which aspireth to exert its influence and needeth moderation. As to its influence, this is conditional upon refinement which in turn is dependent upon hearts which are detached and pure. As to its moderation, this hath to be combined with tact and wisdom as prescribed in the Holy Scriptures and Tablets.
The free lunch is the essence of modern liberalism.
A good team, like a good show, comes into being when the separate individuals working together create, in essence, another separate higher entity - the team - the show - which is better than any of those individuals can ever be on their own.
Anyone can have a good day. The question is what do you do on a bad day. That's when you're being tested. In a very tangible sense, a bad day shows your innermost essence more than a good day.
All of the universes are but phantoms, mirages, and while they have their own essence, their own pantomime - they pass forgotten.
I think Nouveau Gloaming is a classic black metal record and I would hate to be a band that kept trying to recapture the same essence, but failing, for the rest of its days.
Love is the essence of the holiness of the Church.
Many things in your life matter, but only one thing matters absolutely. . It is finding the essence of who you are.
What is the matter with universities is that the students are school children, whereas it is of the very essence of university education that they should be adults.