Empty Quotes

2485 Empty quotes by 1617 unique authors

To end up with a canvas that is no less beautiful than the empty canvas is to begin with. — Robert Motherwell
This be an empty world without the blues. — Ma Rainey
I always forget how important the empty days are, how important it may be sometimes not to expect to produce anything, even a few lines… — May Sarton
When something is empty, fill it. When something is full, empty it. When you have an itch, scratch it. — Dieter Dengler
When your cup is empty, you do not mourn what is gone. Because if you do, you will miss the opportunity to fill it again. — Sarah Addison Allen
I still have access to enough money to live on in order to avoid bankruptcy for at least a few years as long as I… — Patrick Stump
It's high time that Christians made up their minds to do something . . . What are we going to show in the way of… — Hans Scholl
To begin a reform, go not into the places of the great and rich; go rather to those whose cups of happiness are empty--to the… — Lew Wallace
I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it's really only my own approval or disapproval that means anything. — Agnetha Faltskog
One finds life through conquering the fear of death within one's mind. Empty the mind of all forms of attachment, make a go-for-broke charge and… — Unknown Author
Techniques employ four qualities that reflect the nature of our world. Depending on the circumstance, you should be: hard as a diamond, flexible as a… — Morihei Ueshiba
I think everything can be painted because painting can change reality; but everything cannot be photographed and the photographer often comes home empty-handed, with images… — Martine Franck
We are empty shells if we do not possess, if we do not fill our life with furniture, with music, with knowledge, with this or… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Once renunciation and the awakened mind have been fully realized, the way to Buddhahood is clear. Liberation is complete and such liberated beings are then… — Maura O'Halloran
Early morning, the orange sun is slowly rising, shining forth in empty luminous clarity. The mind and the sky are one, the sun is rising… — Ken Wilber
Even great spirits have only their five-fingers' breadth of experience - just beyond it their thinking ceases and their endless empty space and stupidity begins. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Welcome to the Nou Camp stadium in Barcelona that is packed to capacity... with some patches of seats left empty. — George Hamilton
He who has seen everything empty itself is close to knowing what everything is filled with. — Antonio Porchia
Make your will one! Don't listen with your ears, listen with your mind. No, don't listen with your mind, but listen with your spirit. Listening… — Zhuangzi
Driving down the wrong road and knowing it, The fork years behind, how many have thought To pull up on the shoulder and leave the… — Damon Knight
Don't instill, or allow anybody else to instill into the hearts of your girls the idea that marriage is the chief end of life. If… — William Booth
He who does not see the angels and devils in the beauty and malice of life will be far removed from knowledge, and his spirit… — Khalil Gibran
Poems infatuated with their own smarts and detached from any emotional grounding can leave the reader feeling lonely, empty and ashamed for having expected more.… — Tracy K. Smith
A clear conscience is, for me, an occupied conscience-never empty-the conscience of a man at work until his last breath. — Gaston Bachelard
I hope you never lose your sense of wonder. You get your fill to eat, but always keep that hunger. May you never take one… — Lee Ann Womack

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