In essence, I'm a sophisticated cotton picker.
The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity.
The essence of lying is in deception, not in words.
The essence of the Way is detachment.
If the U.S. were to not reauthorize the Ex-Im bank, it's in essence unilaterally disarming in a globally competitive environment.
For life is tendency, and the essence of a tendency is to develop in the form of a sheaf, creating, by its very growth, divergent directions among which its impetus is divided.
The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries.
Egoism is the very essence of a noble soul.
The energy of the mind is the essence of life.
That whose existence is necessary must necessarily be one essence.
Quickness is the essence of the war.
One of the inevitable aspects of debates about euthanasia is the reluctance on the part of advocates to confront the essence of what they propose.
The essence of Africa's crisis is fundamentally its extreme poverty.
The whole essence of humanitarian work and the Geneva Convention is that neutral, impartial organisations can operate during war.
What sculptors do is represent the essence of gesture. What is important in mime is attitude.
Do I provoke as a method of investigation? Of course. That's the essence of architecture. Do I do it with gusto? I do.
I am not into any religions. I have been mostly influenced by Eastern religions - Taoism, the essence of Hinduism and Buddhism. But my belief is not having any beliefs.
Human history in essence is the history of ideas.
The essence of immorality is the tendency to make an exception of myself.
The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.