“We have no participation in Being, because all human nature is ever midway between being born and dying, giving off only a vague image and shadow of itself, and a weak and uncertain opinion. And if you chance to fix your thoughts on trying to grasp its essence, it would be neither more nor less than if your tried to clutch water.” IfsThinkingGivingTryingHumansWould BeWaterBornChanceOpinionDyingHuman NatureShadowWeakEssenceThoughtfulUncertainVagueParticipationClutchMidway Book:The Essays Source: The Essays
“Both of my parents were born into poor families on the island of Cuba. They came to America because it was the only place where people like them could have a chance.My father was a bartender. And the journey from the back of that bar to the [election 2016], to me, that is the essence of the American dream.” PeopleDreamAmericaFatherParentBornChancePoorJourneyEssenceElectionBarsIslandsAmerican DreamCubaBartenderPoor Family Author:Marco Rubio
“Never confuse the person, formed in the image of God, with the evil that is in him: because evil is but a chance misfortune, an illness, a devilish reverie. But the very essence of the person is the image of God, and this remains in him despite every disfigurement.” PersonsChristianEvilChanceEssenceRemainsIllnessDespiteOrthodoxMisfortunesGod ImageReverieDevilishDisfigurement Author:John of Kronstadt
“The essence of the this-time-is-different syndrome is...rooted in the firmly held belief that financial crises are things that happen to other people in other countries at other times; crises do not happen to us, here and now. We are doing things better, we are smarter, we have learned from past mistakes. The old rules of valuation no longer apply. Unfortunately, a highly leveraged economy can unwittingly be sitting with its back at the edge of a financial cliff for many years before chance and circumstance provoke a crisis of confidence that pushes it off.” PeopleYearsDifferentCountryHappensPastBeliefChanceMistakeEconomyCircumstancesSittingEssenceCrisisFinancialEdgesRootedOther CountriesSmarterProvokingCliffsHere And NowSyndromesFinancial CrisisValuationPast Mistakes Author:Carmen Reinhart
“If I go for the alternative which is false, then obviously I shall be in error; if I take the other side, then it is by... chance that I arrive at the truth, and I shall still be at fault.... In this incorrect use of free will may be found the privation which constitutes the essence of error.” IfsMayStillsUseFoundSidesChanceEssenceErrorsFaultsAlternativesFree Will Author:Rene Descartes
“In essence, money gives us the calories we need to survive. Over time, we became aware that exchange and cooperation increase our chances for survival. Eventually we create tools to facilitate trade. One of these tools is called money.” NeedsGivingChanceSurvivalToolsEssenceIncreaseTradeCooperationCaloriesFacilitate Author:Kabir Sehgal
“Hockey captures the essence of Canadian experience in the New World. In a land so inescapably and inhospitably cold, hockey is the chance of life, and an affirmation that despite the deathly chill of winter we are alive.” WorldChanceAliveLandColdEssenceWinterDespiteHockeyCaptureNew WorldAffirmationChillNhlIce HockeyGreat HockeyCanada Being GreatHockey TeamFunny HockeyHockey CoachMotivational HockeyGreatest HockeyHockey FanInspirational Hockey Author:Stephen Leacock
“The essence of peace is to merge two opposites. Therefore your notions should not scare you if you see another, who absolutely opposes you, and you presume that there is no chance for peace between you two. On the same token when you see two individuals who are exactly two opposites, never say it would be impossible for them to reconcile. On the contrary, and this is the perfection of peace to make it between two opposites.” IfsShouldTwoWould BeIndividualPeaceChanceImpossiblePerfectionEssenceOppositesNotionContraryScareReconcileTokensTwo Opposites Author:Nachman of Breslov
“That, in essence, is the catastrophe of suicide for those who survive: not only the loss of someone, but the loss of the chance to persuade that person to act differently, the loss of the chance to connect.” PersonsChanceLossEssenceSuicideCatastrophe Book:The Noonday Demon: An Atlas Of Depression Source: The Noonday Demon: An Atlas Of Depression
“I dare to imagine a country where every child I hold in my hands, are all God's children, regardless of the color of their skin, regardless of whether they're boy or girl, regardless of religion, regardless of rich or poor, that every child I hold in my hands, will have the same chance to reach her full potential or his full potential. That is the goodness of our country. That is the essence of the American dream.” ChildrenCountryDreamHandsGirlChancePoorBoysRichImagineColorGoodnessSkinsEssenceDareOur CountryAmerican DreamFull PotentialRich Or Poor Author:Paul Wellstone