Emptiness Quotes · Page 25

His peaceful resistance shook the foundations of an empire, exposed the emptiness of a repressive ideology, and proved that moral leadership is…

— Barack Obama

“Most insensible, corrupt, cheap, disrespectful young girls run after bad, rude, cocky, nonsensical boys, but a mature, educated, thoughtful, virtuos lady opts…

— Michael Bassey Johnson

“Emptiness gnawed at Emma. Could she> face death without fear? If she were to show up at heaven's door tomorrow, would God…

— Julie Klassen

And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his…

— T. S. Eliot

“In the emptiness of evenings, serious and unequivocal, he would say: “How beautiful is forgetting! what relief it would be for the…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

“But what I did sense was an emptiness like a black hole inside of him, and there was no predicting what might…

— Ryū Murakami

I have this strange feeling that I'm not myself anymore. It's hard to put into words, but I guess it's like I…

— Haruki Murakami

Once I have love,Now there is only darkness and emptiness inside me.But I will never forget the one who show me to…

— Own

“Q: Why is it we all so desperately want to be loved? Krishnamurti: Because we are so desperately empty, lonely. Q: But…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

“Everywhere was the atmosphere of a long debauch that had to end; the orchestras played too fast, the stakes were too high…

— Malcolm Cowley

God utters me like a word containing a partial thought of him. A word will never be able to comprehend the voice…

— Thomas Merton

“You've gone mad. What's driven you to this nonsense?" "You have," he snarled. "You, with your pretty gray eyes and your smile…

— Suzanne Enoch

“Ice vs. fire; free choice vs. necessity; weight vs. lightness; emptiness vs. meaning...speaking of emptiness, there was a time today when my…

— Sarah Emily Miano

One ought to love society, if he wishes to enjoy solitude. It is a social nature that solitude works upon with the…

— Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann

The people we love are usually stronger than we give them credit for. It is the nature of love, perhaps, to want…

— Mary Balogh

“Some people think they can find satisfaction in good food, fine clothes, lively music, and sexual pleasure. However, when they have all…

— Liezi

“Painting reflects. It kills you in a colourful shower of emptiness. Flatness. Randomness. And beauty. Yes, it is the most pure beauty…

— Nigel Tomm

Now I understand why even the greatest people that I've met can't fill the emptiness in my heart, cause the truth is…

— LisaLovex3

Stop. Breathe. Allow yourself the luxury of doing nothing for a moment, or an hour, or even a day. It is in…

— Carole Katchen

“Something is lost, but a person does not know what it is; this feeling is indescribable in words, and therefore, it can…

— Karin Johannisson

True compassion is undirected & holds no conceptual focus. That kind of genuine, true compassion is only possible after realizing emptiness.

— Tsoknyi Rinpoche

Never look back to the past, never regret, even if there is emptiness ahead.' But I couldn't help it. Sometimes I would…

— Xiaolu Guo

“I am afraid of waking up to emptiness, to a place where my friends and family are gone and I am nothing…

— Victoria Aveyard

I’ve lived to bury my desires, And see my dreams corrode with rust; Now all that’s left are fruitless fires That burn…

— Anonymous

Emptiness is everywhere and it can be calculated, which gives us a great opportunity. I know how to control the universe. So…

— Grigori Perelman

“Everything exists as information in a field of infinite possibilities, and it is our Consciousness that renders the information and causes it…

— Joseph P. Kauffman

Since form is emptiness and emptiness is form, then instead of a hand grasping at nothing, it is better to grasp at…

— Dalai Lama

I've found that using historical material and being rooted in historical material is liberating because I always think to myself, 'Well, this…

— Michael Hirst

Much of the stress and emptiness that haunt us can be traced back to our lack of attention to beauty. Internally, the…

— John O'Donohue

“When we zoom freely into the ‘now’ and surrender readily to a liberating emptiness, we can be instantly overwhelmed by creative surging…

— Erik Pevernagie

“She was surprised to be alive. Yet she felt indifferent. If death was the black emptiness from which she had just woken…

— Stieg Larsson

When the world careens out of control, we can rest in the fact that God spun this world with a simple word.…

— Mary E. DeMuth

Although those who didnt receive a parent love become obsessed with themselves to fulfill the feeling of emptiness, they keep on searching…

— Heinz Kohut

For I am every dead thing In whom love wrought new alchemy For his art did express A quintessence even from nothingness,…

— John Donne

It is in community that we come to see God in the other. It is in community that we see our own…

— Joan D. Chittister

The experience of emptiness is not found outside the world of ordinary appearance, as many people mistakenly assume. In truth, we experience…

— Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche

Unfortunately, it is human nature for us to only learn and grow from a place of emptiness. It's hard to learn when…

— Yehuda Berg

“I finally realized that it’s possible to love within a space that sometimes holds nothing but emptiness.. or nothing but darkness. After…

— T.M. Frazier

Some people are like balloons. They seem all big and mighty, floating above everyone else. But really, they are just filled with…

— Anonymous

Addiction is the dominant form of a culture that suffers from a superficial spectacle and celebrity-connectivity at its center. It's a form…

— Cornel West