“The essence of loving living as a follower of Jesus isn't in trying harder but in enjoying more. I'm not saying you can change without trying. I'm saying that enjoyment empowers effort. Pleasure in God is the power for purity.” TryingJesusEnjoyPleasureEffortEssenceHarderEnjoymentPurityEmpoweringFollowers Author:Sam Storms
“The attempt to be an ideal parent, that is, to behave correctly toward the child, to raise her correctly, not to give to little ortoo much, is in essence an attempt to be the ideal child--well behaved and dutiful--of one's own parents. But as a result of these efforts the needs of the child go unnoticed. I cannot listen to my child with empathy if I am inwardly preoccupied with being a good mother; I cannot be open to what she is telling me.” IfsNeedsGivingWellsChildrenLittlesMotherParentResultsEffortEmpathyIdealsEssenceRaisesMy ChildrenBehaveUnnoticedGood MotherBeing A Good Mother Author:Alice Miller
“He acts without contact, instructs without meeting, guides without pointing. Desires do not conflict with Him, thoughts do not mingle with Him: His essence is without qualification (takyeef), His action without effort (takleef).” ActionDesireEffortConflictEssenceMeetingsGuidesContactPointingQualifications Author:Mansur Al-Hallaj
“The essence of modernity is that progress no longer waits on genius; instead we have learned to put our faith in the organized efforts of ordinary men. Science is as old as the race, but the effective organization of science is new. Ancient science, like placer mining, was a pursuit of solitary prospectors. Nuggets of truth were found, but the total wealth of knowledge increased slowly. Modern man began to transform this world when he began to mine the hidden veins of knowledge systematically.” MenWorldFaithFoundWaitingWealthEffortRaceProgressModernThis WorldMinesGeniusOrdinaryEssenceOrganizationAncientPursuitOrganizedSolitaryVeinsModernityMiningOrdinary ManModern ManNuggetsWealth Of Knowledge Author:William Wickenden
“In The Federalist, James Madison called the rage for equality 'a wicked project.' People differ and rewards differ-that's the essence of both liberty and justice. No nation that rewards effort, talent, inventiveness and luck can even pretend to cherish equal outcomes. In an inventive and dynamic society, equal (even relatively equal) incomes can be achieved only by abandoning liberty for tyranny.” PeopleNationsJusticeEffortLibertyTalentEqualProjectsEssenceLuckRewardsRageTyrannyIncomeOutcomesWickedCherishMadisonFederalistLiberty And JusticeInventiveness Author:Michael Novak
“It is easy to look at these waves, accomplishing so little and to think that no matter what efforts we put forth in our lives, all we're really doing is rearranging the sand grains in a beach that in essence never changes.” ThinkingLooksLittlesMatterEasyEffortOur LivesEssenceNo Matter WhatWaveBeachSandGrainNever ChangeRearranging Author:Neal Stephenson
“Kindness, as we will see, has many facets. But its essence is as simple as can be. We will find that kindness is a way of making _less_ effort. It is the most economic attitude there is, because it saves us much energy that we might otherwise waste in suspicion, worry, resentment, manipulation, or unnecessary defense. It is an attitude that, by eliminating the inessential, brings us back to the simplicity of being.” WayMightEnergySimpleEffortAttitudeKindnessWorryEconomicWasteEssenceSimplicityDefenseManipulationBe KindResentmentSuspicionUnnecessaryFacetsEliminating Book:The Power of Kindness: The Unexpected Benefits of Leading a Compassionate Life Source: The Power of Kindness: The Unexpected Benefits of Leading a Compassionate Life
“If you can attribute your success entirely to your own mental effort, to your own attitude, to some spiritual essence that you have that is better than other peoples, then that must feel pretty good.” IfsFeelsSpiritualEffortAttitudeEssenceAttributes Author:Barbara Ehrenreich
“Disease is in essence the result of conflict between Soul and Mind, and will never be eradicated except by spiritual and mental effort.” MindSoulSpiritualResultsEffortConflictDiseaseEssence Book:The Bach Flower Remedies Source: The Bach Flower Remedies
“Karate cannot be adequately learned in a short space of time. Like a torpid bull, regardless of how slowly it moves, it will eventually cover a thousand miles. So too, for one who resolves to study Karate diligently two or three hours every day. After three or four years of unremitting effort one's body will undergo a great transformation revealing the very essence of Karate.” YearsArtTwoBodyMovingThreeHoursSpaceEffortStudyFourThousandEssenceTransformationMilesMartial ArtsResolveFour YearsRevealingBullsKarateThousand Miles Author:Anko Itosu