Famous quotes containing the words buddha and/or essence:
“The vast silence of Buddha overtakes
and overrules the oncoming roar
of tragic life that fills alleys and avenues;
it blocks the way of pedicabs, police, convoys.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“The essence of greatness is the perception that virtue is enough.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)