“Curiosity is the essence of human existence and exploration has been part of humankind for a long time. The exploration of space, like the exploration of life, if you will, is a risk. We've got to be willing to take it.” IfsHumansLongHas BeensSpaceExistenceRiskWillingLong TimeEssenceCuriosityExplorationHumankindHuman Existence Author:Gene Cernan
“The essence of science is that it is always willing to abandon a given idea, however fundamental it may seem to be, for a better one; the essence of theology is that it holds its truths to be eternal and immutable. To be sure, theology is always yielding a little to the progress of knowledge, and only a Holy Roller in the mountains of Tennessee would dare to preach today what the popes preached in the Thirteenth Century, but this yielding is always done grudgingly, and thus lingers a good while behind the event.” MayLittlesIdeasDoneSeemsTodayScienceReligionGivenBehindsProgressCenturyEventsWillingHolyMountainEternalEssenceFundamentalsDareTheologyAbandonPopeTennessee Book:Minority Report Source: Minority Report
“Thinking, understanding, reasoning, willing, call not these Soul They are its actions, but they are not its essence.” ThinkingSoulActionUnderstandingWillingEssenceReasoning Author:Akhenaton
“The welfare state destroys the market mechanisms - lessens free choice and willing exchange. Simultaneously creating unnatural specializations, it must, granted statism's premise, resort to welfarism; that is, it must assume the responsibility for the people's welfare: their employment, their old age, their income, and the like. As this is done, man loses his wholeness; he is dispossessed of responsibility for self, the very essence of his manhood. The more dependent he becomes, the less dependable!” PeopleMenSelfStatesDoneAgeChoicesLosesResponsibilityWillingCreatingEssenceAssumingIncomeOld AgeEmploymentGrantedWelfareDependentMechanismWholenessManhoodResortsPremisesUnnaturalWelfare StateSpecializationDependableFree Choice Author:Leonard Read
“The essence of positioning is sacrifice. You must be willing to give up something in order to establish that unique position.” GivingOrderSacrificePositionWillingGiving UpUniqueEssence Book:Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind Source: Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind
“And I want every one of you, every one of us, 100 senators to look in that camera, and you tell your people back home what you think. Don't hide anymore; none of us. That is the essence of our responsibility. And if we're not willing to do it, we're not worthy to be seated right here. We fail our country. If we don't debate this, if we don't debate this, we are not worthy of our country. We fail our country.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantLooksCountryHomeResponsibilityFailingWillingEssenceCamerasWorthyDebateOur CountrySenatorsBack HomeNot Worthy Author:Chuck Hagel