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- He that humbles himself shall be preserved entire. He that bends shall be made straight. He that is empty shall be filled. He that is…
- Yield and overcome; Bend and be straight; Empty and be full; Wear out and be new; Have little and gain; Have much and be confused.…
- Mold clay into a bowl. The empty space makes it useful.
- The Way is empty, yet inexhaustible, like an abyss!
- Is not the space between Heaven and Earth like a bellows? It is empty, but lacks nothing. The more it moves, the more comes out…
- When the palace is magnificent, the fields are filled with weeds, and the granaries are empty.
- If you want to become full, let yourself be empty.
- A vessel is formed from a lump of clay with care, however, it is the empty space within the vessel that makes it useful.
- If you go searching for the Great Creator, you will come back empty-handed. The source of the universe is ultimately unknowable, a great invisible river…
- We put thirty spokes to make a wheel: But it is on the hole in the center that the use of the cart hinges. We…
- When the ancient Masters said, "If you want to be given everything, give everything up," they weren't using empty phrases. Only in being lived by…
- Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace. Watch the turmoil of beings, but contemplate their return. Each separate being in…
- Clay is fashioned into vessels; it is on their empty hollowness that their use depends. Doors and windows are cut out to make a dwelling,…
- Empty your mind of all thoughts.
- Be empty. Be still. Just watch everything come and go. This is the way of Nature.
More Empty Quotes
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
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- I wish my deadly foe, no worse than want of friends, and empty purse. — Nicholas Breton
- It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man - the struggle between a proud mind and an… — Washington Irving
- If I look at my old lyrics, they seem to be full of rage, but empty. There was an emptiness in my… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty. — Saint Augustine
- The early commentators who put down the pre-presidential Roosevelt as an empty-headed young lightweight, all ambition and no talent, now seem comically… — Russell Baker
- I'm not the type of guy who enjoys one-night stands. It leaves me feeling very empty and cynical. It's not even fun… — Ben Affleck