“The energy of the mind is the essence of life.”
Aristotle
“I had an essence in my life that I was nothing.”
Demi Moore
“For life is tendency, and the essence of a tendency is to develop in the form of a sheaf, creating, by its very growth, divergent directions among which its impetus is divided.”
Henri Bergson
“The real essence of work is concentrated energy”
Walter Bagehot
“The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.”
Charles Darwin
“You're always a little disappointing in person because you can't be the edited essence of yourself.”
Mel Brooks
“Pursuit and seduction are the essence of sexuality. It's part of the sizzle.”
Camille Paglia