#essential

The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem. ↗

— Walt Whitman

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Obedience is the fruit and proof of love; and the words of the Master are suggestive, "If a man love Me he will keep My words" (John 14:23). One has forcibly remarked, "When people speak of 'essentials' and 'non-essentials' they generally mean by the former what concerns their own salvation, and by the latter those things which only concern the glory of God! ↗

— Alexander Marshall

#obedience #love

The teacher that I was for decades, and that I still am in a certain way, wondered what was meant by the word education. I was truly dumbfounded at the very thought of dealing with such an essential and extensive subject. ↗

— Abdoulaye Wade

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It is essential to an architect to know how to see: I mean to see in such a way that the vision is not overpowered by rational analysis. ↗

— Luis Barragan

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What is real is not the external form, but the essence of things... it is impossible for anyone to express anything essentially real by imitating its exterior surface. ↗

— Constantin Brancusi

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In art there are only fast or slow developments. Essentially it is a matter of evolution, not revolution. ↗

— Bela Bartok

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I consider it essential that the photographer should do his own printing and enlarging. The final effect of the finished print depends so much on these operations. ↗

— Bill Brandt

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Be beautiful if you can, wise if you want to, but be respected - that is essential. ↗

— Anna Gould

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And then fourth, we have that essential group of people who track programs and budgets to ensure that they align with the needs of preparation and warning, counterintelligence and support to the operational war fighter. ↗

— Stephen Cambone

#budgets #counterintelligence #ensure #essential #fighter

The essential elements of giving are power and love - activity and affection - and the consciousness of the race testifies that in the high and appropriate exercise of these is a blessedness greater than any other. ↗

— Mark Hopkins

#activity #affection #any #appropriate #blessedness