Ancient Quote by C. S. Lewis

Barren, barren and trivial are these words. But not barren the experience.

— Olaf Stapledon

All discussion of the ultimate nature of things must necessarily be barren unless we have some extraneous standards against which to compare them.

— James Jeans

“Faith is a myth and beliefs shift like mists on the shore; thoughts vanish; words, once pronounced, die; and the memory of yesterday is…

— Joseph Conrad

“And in the livid night there creeps a basilisk, spawned by the moon after its strange fashion. The moon – eternally barren - is…

— Anonymous

“Even people whose lives have been made various by learning, sometimes find it hard to keep a fast hold on their habitual views of…

— George Eliot

My experience of emptiness is that it is alive with the possibility of everything waiting to be born

— Mary Martin

“Their life is mysterious, it is like a forest; from far off it seems a unity, it can be comprehended, described, but closer it…

— James Salter

“This sweet virginal primitive land will metaphorically breathe a sigh of relief --like a whisper of wind--when we are all and finally gone and…

— Edward Abbey

“If the beginning of wisdom is in realizing that one knows nothing, then the beginning of understanding is in realizing that all things exist…

— Jim Butcher

“Touch ultimate emptiness, Hold steady and still. All things work together: I have watched them reverting, And have seen how they flourish And return…

— Lao Tzu

Our original nature is...void, omnipresent, silent, pure; it is glorious and mysterious peaceful joy - and that is all. Enter deeply into it by…

— Huangbo Xiyun

It's only through form that we can realize emptiness

— Jack Kerouac