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"It was Christianity, with its heartfelt resentment against life, that first made something unclean of sexuality: it threw filth on the origin, on the essential fact of our life."
"A recovery of the old sense of sin is essential to Christianity. Christ takes it for granted that men are bad. Until we really feel this assumption of His to be true, though we are part of the world He came to save, we are not part of the audience to whom His words are addressed."
"In displaying the psychology of your characters, minute particulars are essential. God save us from vague generalizations!"
"Fewer and fewer Americans possess objects that have a patina, old furniture, grandparents pots and pans - the used things, warm with generations of human touch, essential to a human landscape. Instead, we have our paper phantoms, transistorized landscapes. A featherweight portable museum."
"An essential part of power is the freedom not to think too deeply"
"Eloquence is the essential thing in a speech, not information."
"Gratitude is the proper response for the absolute astonishment of getting to be alive, and aware, and an essential part of this crazy, sprawling story."
"Freshness is essential. That makes all the difference."
"Exploring the thought process through visual journaling is essential in a world that is in continuous change."
"Our essential nature is one of pure potentiality."
"Clarity is essential. Knowing exactly what you want builds your self-confidence immeasurably."
"Playfullness is the essential feature of productive thought."
"I'll give you an exact definition. When the happiness of another person becomes as essential to yourself as your own, then the state of love exists."
"What is termed Sin is an essential element of progress. Without it the world would stagnate, or grow old, or become colourless."
"Gardening is the purest of human pleasures."
"There was only one virtue, pugnacity; only one vice, pacifism. That is an essential condition of war."
"Nationwide thinking, nationwide planning and nationwide action are the three great essentials to prevent nationwide crises for future generations to struggle through."
"To love the plateau is to love what is most essential and enduring in your life."
"Cleanliness is not next to godliness nowadays, for cleanliness is made an essential and godliness is regarded as an offence."
"Animal experimentation has been essential to the development of all cardiac surgery, transplantation surgery, joint replacements and all vaccinations."
