“The claim of the Zen followers that they are transmitting the essence of Buddhism is based on their belief that Zen takes hold of the enlivening spirit of the Buddha, stripped of all its historical and doctrinal garments.” SpiritBeliefBuddhismEssenceClaimsHistoricalFollowersGarments Book:Essays in Zen Buddhism Source: Essays in Zen Buddhism
“What essence is to generation, that truth is to belief.” TruthBeliefGenerationsTruth IsEssence Author:Plato
“By "essence" I understand a universal, of any degree of complexity and definition, which may be given immediately, whether to sense or to thought.... This object of pure sense or pure thought, with no belief superadded, an object inwardly complete and individual, but without external relations or physical status, is what I call an essence.” MayIndividualBeliefGivenObjectsPureDegreesEssenceUniversalRelationDefinitionsComplexity Author:George Santayana
“It is the long term investor who will in practice come in for the most criticism. For it is the essence of his behaviour that he should be eccentric, unconventional and rash in the eyes of the average opinion. If he is successful, that will only confirm the general belief in his rashness; and if in the short run he is unsuccessful, which is very likely, he will not receive much mercy. Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally.” IfsThinkingShouldLongEyeRunningBeliefTermOpinionTeachPracticeSuccessfulFailingSucceedCriticismMercyEssenceIndependentInvestingAverageReputationLong TermInvestorsBehaviourWorldlyEccentricUnsuccessfulUnconventionalIndependent ThinkingRashnessWorldly Wisdom Author:John Maynard Keynes
“Awakening is waking up from the daytime dream and realizing that who you thought you were is not limited to thought, emotion or form. Beyond the imaginary seeker, beyond concepts and beliefs, there is a field of innocence and purity. We are this deep peace and sacredness, which is absolute and beyond all intellectual understanding. I invite you to recognize this Essence of Being and to directly realize the illusion of all psychological suffering due to misidentification, misperception of separation and attachment to conditioned thought.” DreamFormSufferingBeliefUnderstandingRealizingEmotionFieldsIntellectualIllusionConceptsEssenceWake UpAbsolutesDuesAwakeningSeparationPsychologicalInnocencePurityAttachmentWakingInvitesImaginarySeekersDaytimeSacrednessMisperception Author:Katie Davis
“Fantasy involves that which general opinion regards as impossible; science fiction involves that which general opinion regards as possible under the right circumstances. This is in essence a judgment call, since what is possible and what is not cannot be objectively known but is, rather, a subjective belief on the part of the reader.” BeliefFictionKnownOpinionFantasyImpossibleReaderCircumstancesJudgmentEssenceRegardScience FictionSubjective Book:Pandemonium Source: Pandemonium