Devoid Quotes

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A person however learned and qualified in his life's work in whom gratitude is absent, is devoid of that beauty of character which makes personality… — Hazrat Inayat Khan
We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence… — Henri Matisse
It is better to lose everything you have to keep the balance of justice level, than to live a life of petty privilege devoid of… — Bryant H. McGill
The work of art, just like any fragment of human life considered in its deepest meaning, seems to me devoid of value if it does… — Pope Paul VI
Consequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from this work than barren soil from a treatise on agriculture. — Quintilian
Let us leave pretty women to men devoid of imagination. — Marcel Proust
There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Those who have come into Formula One without experiencing cars devoid of electronic aids will find it tough. To control 800 horse power relying just… — Michael Schumacher
Modernism has a reputation for being a forbidding phenomenon: its visual arts disconcertingly non-representational, its literary efforts devoid of the consolations of plot and character… — Will Self
The marvellous thing about writing, whether it be fiction or journalism, is that it is simultaneously the most intimate and the most anonymous of meetings… — Will Self
This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile. — Wislawa Szymborska
Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others. — Ambrose Bierce
Meaning and morality of One's life come from within oneself. Healthy, strong individuals seek self expansion by experimenting and by living dangerously. Life consists of… — Friedrich Nietzsche
But the fact of it was that I liked it out there, a ruin devoid of human vanities, clean of human illusions, an empty place… — Joan Didion
Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality. — Bruce Lee
Narrow minds devoid of imagination. Intolerance, theories cut off from reality, empty terminology, usurped ideals, inflexible systems. Those are the things that really frighten me.… — Haruki Murakami
But no thoughtful man's life is uninteresting or devoid of marvels. A sincere life cannot be empty of memorable occurrences. — Charles Spurgeon
Never was an age more sentimental, more devoid of real feeling, more exaggerated in false feeling, than our own. — D. H. Lawrence
There are people. There are stories. The people think they shape the stories, but the reverse if often closer to the truth. Stories shape the… — Alan Moore

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