“If we would find God amid all the religious externals we must first determine to find Him, and then proceed in the way of simplicity. Now as always God discovers Himself to "babes" and hides Himself in thick darkness from the wise and the prudent. We must simplify our approach to Him. We must strip down to essentials (and they will be found to be blessedly few). We must put away all effort to impress, and come with the guileless candor of childhood. If we do this, without doubt God will quickly respond.” IfsWayFirstsFoundReligiousEffortDarknessDoubtWiseChildhoodEssentialsApproachSimplicityDetermineGods WillThickImpressSimplifyBabePrudentCandor Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer
“I've got great faith in the essential fairness and decency - you may say goodness - of the human being.” HumansMayHuman BeingsWiseEssentialsGoodnessInsightfulFairnessDecencyGreat Faith Author:Norman Vincent Peale
“The best-informed man is not necessarily the wisest. Indeed there is a danger that precisely in the multiplicity of his knowledge he will lose sight of what is essential. But on the other hand, knowledge of an apparently trivial detail quite often makes it possible to see into the depth of things. And so the wise man will seek to acquire the best possible knowledge about events, but always without becoming dependent upon this knowledge. To recognize the significant in the factual is wisdom.” MenHandsRealityLosesWiseEventsDangerBecomingEssentialsSightDepthDetailsSignificantAcquireDependentWisestMultiplicityFactual Book:Ethics Source: Ethics
“Be wise and don't let good things crowd out those that are essential.” WiseLetting GoEssentialsGood ThingsCrowdsBeing WiseQuiet Moments Author:Richard G. Scott
“In quiet moments when you think about it, you recognize what is critically important in life and what isn't. Be wise and don't let good things crowd out those that are essential.” ThinkingImportantMomentsWiseQuietEssentialsGood ThingsCrowdsBeing WiseQuiet Moments Author:Richard G. Scott
“There was no division I could see between the essential teaching of all Prophets and wise men of religion.” MenReligionWiseTeachingEssentialsProphetDivision Author:Cat Stevens
“The essential and defining characteristic of childhood is not the effortless merging of dream and reality, but only alienation. There are no words for childhood's dark turns and exhalations. A wise child recognizes it and submits to the necessary consequences. A child who counts the cost is a child no longer.” ChildrenDreamRealityTurnsDarkWiseChildhoodCostEssentialsConsequenceCharacteristicsSubmitDefiningAlienationEffortlessDreams And RealityMerging Book:'Salem's Lot Source: 'Salem's Lot
“We want to believe in the essential, unchanging goodness of people, in their power to resist external pressures, in their rational appraisal and then rejection of situational temptations. We invest human nature with God-like qualities, with moral and rational faculties that make us both just and wise. We simplify the complexity of human experience by erecting a seemingly impermeable boundary between Good and Evil.” PeopleWantBelieveHumansEvilQualityMoralWiseHuman NatureEssentialsGoodnessPressureBoundariesRationalTemptationRejectionComplexityGood And EvilFacultyHuman ExperienceSimplifyUnchangingAppraisalComplexity Of Human Author:Philip Zimbardo
“The essential question is not, "How busy are you?" but "What are you busy at?"” SuccessBusinessWiseEssentialsBusyPrioritiesMotivational BusinessMind Your Own BusinessSucceeding In BusinessEssential Questions Author:Oprah Winfrey
“Be beautiful if you can, wise if you want to, but be respected - that is essential.” IfsWantBeautifulSuccessWomenWiseEssentialsRespectSelf RespectSocialites Author:Anna Gould