“Schools teach you to imitate. If you don't imitate what the teacher wants you get a bad grade. Here, in college, it was more sophisticated, of course; you were supposed to imitate the teacher in such a way as to convince the teacher you were not imitating, but taking the essence of the instruction and going ahead with it on your own. That got you A's. Originality on the other hand could get you anything -- from A to F. The whole grading system cautioned against it.” IfsWayWantWholeHandsSchoolCoursesEducationTeachTeacherCollegeEssenceIntelligenceGradesConvinceInstructionOriginalitySophisticatedImitatingBad Grades Author:Robert M. Pirsig
“Anything you can imagine is yours to be or do or have. As you ask yourself why you want to have it, the essence of your desires is activated, and the Universe begins to bring it to you. The more intense your positive feelings, the faster it is coming to you. (It is as easy to create a castle as a button).” WantFeelingsDesireUniverseAsksEasyImaginationImagineEssenceIntenseFasterButtonsCastlesPositive Feelings Author:Esther Hicks
“You can call it tathata, suchness. 'Suchness' is a Buddhist way of expressing that there is something in you which always remains in its intrinsic nature, never changing. It always remains in its selfsame essence, eternally so. That is your real nature. That which changes is not you, that is mind. That which does not change in you is buddha-mind. You can call it no-mind, you can call it samadhi, satori. It depends upon you; you can give it whatsoever name you want. You can call it christ-consciousness.” WayWantGivingMindDoeRealNamesChristConsciousnessDependsEssenceRemainsBuddhistSamadhiSatoriChrist Consciousness Author:Rajneesh
“The shell must be cracked apart if what is in it is to come out, for if you want the kernel you must break the shell. And therefore if you want to discover nature's nakedness you must destroy its symbols, and the farther you get in the nearer you come to its essence. When you come to the One that gathers all things up into itself, there you must stay.” IfsWantReligionPowerfulBreakAll ThingsEssenceSymbolsShellsCrackedKernel Author:Meister Eckhart
“I want to allow others to reveal and celebrate aspects of themselves that are usually hidden. My camera is a witness. It holds a light up for my subjects to help them feel their own essence, and gives them the courage to collaborate in the recording of these revelations.” WantGivingFeelsHelpingLightSubjectsPhotographyAspectEssenceCamerasPhotographerCelebrateWitnessRevelationsLight Up Author:Joyce Tenneson
“That was always what I felt was the beauty of Rock 'n' Roll, it was entertainment and showbiz yet it had the idea of the voice of the people, it had an essence to it which was socially motivated. Not that I want to change to world, you know? But it was sort of relevant to real life, it involved the real essence of poetry or the real essence of fine art. But it was also entertainment. That was the real vitality.” PeopleKnowsWorldWantArtIdeasRealFeltVoiceRocksFineInvolvedEssenceEntertainmentReal LifeMotivatedRelevantRock N RollVitalityFine ArtsShowbiz Author:Debbie Harry
“If you just do something, then you're a five-year wonder and, goodbye, you're gone. But if people feel it's worthwhile, not only do they copy but they want to learn how to do it To me, that's what it's all about. If someone were to ask me, 'What's the number one thing, in essence, that you left behind?' It was the teaching of others so that they could take my work and take it further.” PeopleIfsWantFeelsYearsAsksLeftWorkNumbersBehindsWonderGoneLearningFiveTeacherOne ThingTeachingEssenceEntrepreneurAsk MeFive YearsGoodbyeCopiesInstructionWorthwhileLeft BehindProfessionalismCopying Author:Vidal Sassoon
“I like it when the waiter askes you if you want parmesan cheese on your dinner, yeah, give me essence of puke all over me tea!” IfsWantGivingEssenceGive MeYeahDinnerTeaCheeseWaiterPuke Author:Lee Evans
“Magick, in essence, is the ability to communicate to the universe what you want in an effective way, so that the universe can then respond and create what you desire.” WayWantDesireUniverseAbilityEssenceProsperityCommunicateWhat You WantAbility To Communicate Book:The Witch's Coin: Prosperity and Money Magick Source: The Witch's Coin: Prosperity and Money Magick
“According to Lenin, socialism and democracy are indivisible.... The essence of perestroika lies in the fact that it unites socialism with democracy and revives the Leninist concept of socialist construction both in theory and in practice. We want more socialism and, therefore, more democracy.” WantFactsLyingPracticeDemocracyTheoryConceptsEssenceHistoricalSocialismConstructionSocialistReviveIndivisible Author:Mikhail Gorbachev
“The essence of the conservative message should be we want a dynamic nation where anybody with nothing can achieve anything.” WantShouldNationsAchieveMessagesEssenceConservative Author:Ted Cruz
“For those who want to understand the issues of the environmental crisis, Encounters with the Archdruid is a superb book. McPhee reveals more nuances of the value revolution that dominates the new age of ecology than most writers could pack into a volume twice as long. I marvel at his capacity to listen intently and extract the essence of a man and his philosophy in the fewest possible words.” MenWantLongBookPhilosophyAgeValuesIssuesRevolutionCapacityEssenceCrisisEnvironmentalEncountersVolumePacksEcologyNew AgeNuanceSuperbEnvironmental Crisis Author:Stewart Udall
“Most software has a tiny essence that justifies its existence, everything after that is wants and desires mistaken for needs and necessities.” WantNeedsDesireExistenceEssenceSimplicityTinyJustifySoftwareMistakenWants And Desires Author:David Heinemeier Hansson
“If they think they are doing something new, they ought to do what I do every day - spend at least two hours every day listening to Johann Sebastian Bach and, man, it's all there. If they want to improvise around a theme,which is the essence of jazz, they should learn from the master. He never wastes a note, and he knows where every note is going and when to bring it back. Some of these cats go way out and forget where they began or what they started to do. Bach will clear it up for them.” IfsThinkingKnowsMenWayWantShouldTwoHoursForgetMusicLearningClearMastersListeningOughtWasteMusicianCatEssenceJazzNotesMusicalAfrican AmericanThemeSomething NewImprovisingMusic EducationMusic Teacher Author:Coleman Hawkins
“Divine happiness, even the tiniest particle of a grain of it, never leaves one again; and when one attains to the essence of things and finds one's Self-this is supreme happiness. When it is found, nothing else remains to be found; the sense of want will not awaken anymore, and the heart's torment will be stilled forever. Do not be satisfied with fragmentary happiness, which is invariably interrupted by shocks and blows of fate; but become complete, and having attained to perfection, be YOURSELF.” WantHeartSelfFoundForeverFateDivinePerfectionEssenceRemainsBlowSupremeSatisfiedBeing YourselfShockGrainTormentParticlesInterrupted Author:Anandamayi Ma
“So, the path of the co-creator is to be awakened spiritually within, which then turns into your own deeper life purpose, which then makes you want to reach out and touch others in a way that expresses self and really evolves our communities and our world. Certainly, we can't do that unless we activate ourselves first. That's why, for me, emergence is the shift from ego to essence. That is so important.” WorldWayWantFirstsImportantSelfPurposeTurnsCommunityPathEgoEssenceCreatorDeeperEvolveOur WorldPurpose Of LifeReach OutAwakenedOur CommunityEmergenceActivate Author:Barbara Marx Hubbard
“Limitations force you to find the essence of what you want to say, which is one of the most important things to know for an artist.” KnowsWantImportantArtistForceEssenceImportant ThingsWhat You WantLimitation Author:Julie Taymor
“The real essence of art turned out to be not something high up and far off - it was right inside my ordinary daily self - If a musician wants to become a finer artist, he must first become a finer person.” IfsWantFirstsPersonsArtRealSelfArtistMusicianOrdinaryEssence Book:Nurtured by Love: The Classic Approach to Talent Education Source: Nurtured by Love: The Classic Approach to Talent Education