“It is my experience that marriage does not make one happier. It destroys the illusion that has been the essence of one's previous existence, that there existed something like a soul-mate. The feeling of not being understood is heightened in marriage by the fact that one's entire life beforehand had the aim of finding a being who would understand one. But isn't it better to exist without such an illusion and look this great lonely truth straight in the eye?” LooksDoeHas BeensSoulFactsFeelingsEyeExistenceFindingsIllusionUnderstoodLonelyEssenceAimMatesSoul Mate Author:Paula Modersohn-Becker
“I like to question the minutia, to get to the essence of things. The minutia of life is all about design. It's about the design of how you talk to another human being; it's the design of speech; it's the design of everything we do. We need to be better at listening, and we need to aim more directly at understanding and being understood.” NeedsHumansLife IsUnderstandingHuman BeingsDesignListeningSpeechUnderstoodEssenceAim Author:Richard Saul Wurman
“AIM in essence is a movement rather than just an organization. It is a manifestation of the desperation of our people.” PeopleMovementEssenceOrganizationAimManifestationDesperation Author:Leonard Peltier
“The keystone of the Fascist doctrine is its conception of the State, of its essence, its functions, and its aims. For Fascism the State is absolute, individuals and groups relative.” StatesIndividualGroupsEssenceFunctionAbsolutesAimDoctrineConceptionRelativeFascismFascistsKeystones Author:Benito Mussolini
“The pleasure in complete domination over another person (or other animate creature) is the very essence of the sadistic drive. Another way of formulating the same thought is to say that the aim of sadism is to transform man into a thing, something animate into something inanimate, since by complete and absolute control the living loses one essential quality of life - freedom.” MenWayPersonsLosesPleasureQualityCreaturesEssentialsEssenceAbsolutesAimDominationAnother WayQuality Of LifeSadisticSadism Book:The Heart of Man Source: The Heart of Man
“We are a strong, robust, and prosperous nation. Optimism is the essence of our success. It drives our creativity and emboldens our entrepreneurial spirit. It is what makes us invest in the future and accomplish our highest aims.” SpiritStrongNationsCreativityHighestOptimismEssenceAimAccomplishOptimisticProsperousEntrepreneurialRobustEntrepreneurial Spirit Author:Bill Frist
“Art is the way to the absolute and to the essence of human life. The aim of art is not the one-sided promotion of spirit, soul and senses, but the opening of all human capacities – thought, feeling, will – to the life rhythm of the world of nature. So will the voiceless voice be heard and the self be brought into harmony with it.” WorldWayHumansArtSoulSelfFeelingsSpiritVoiceHeardArt IsCapacityEssenceAbsolutesHarmonyPhilosophicalAimSensesOpeningRhythmHuman LifePromotionOne SidedVoicelessHuman Capacity Book:Tao of Jeet Kune Do Source: Tao of Jeet Kune Do
“"All government in essence," says Emerson, "is tyranny." It matters not whether it is government by divine right or majority rule. In every instance its aim is the absolute subordination of the individual.” MatterGovernmentIndividualDivineEssenceAbsolutesAimMajorityTyrannyInstanceAnarchySubordinationDivine RightMajority Rule Book:Anarchism: Top Crime Collections Source: Anarchism: Top Crime Collections