Buddhism Quote by Thomas Ligotti

“The sinister is always the unintelligible, the impressive, the numinous. Wherever something divine appears, we begin to experience fear. . . . Everything that…

— Daniel Hecht

...in the course of our lives, the evil which in itself we seek most to shun, and which, when we are fallen into, is…

— Daniel Defoe

There is scarcely an occurrence in nature which, happening at a certain time, is not looked upon by some persons as a prognosticator either…

— Charles Mackay

“What was to be the value of the long looked forward to, Long hoped for calm, the autumnal serenity And the wisdom of age?…

— T.S. Eliot

“... how frequently, in the course of our lives, the evil which in itself we seek most to shun, and which, when we are…

— Daniel Defoe

“Darknesse and light divide the course of time, and oblivion snares with memory, a great part even of our living beings; we slightly remember…

— Thomas Browne

“All the suffering and torment wrought at places of execution, in torture chambers, madhouses, operating theatres, under the arches of bridges in late autumn—all…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

I am talking about ultimate deceit. I am talking about unparalleled treachery. Bottomless lies. Depths that are seen that are previously unimaginable. Darkness and…

— Henry Rollins

“Is it surprising that the people could see their fate and that of the world only as an endless succession of evils? Bad governance,…

— Johan Huizinga

Whatever is fitted in any sort to excite the ideas of pain and danger, that is to say, whatever is in any sort terrible,…

— Edmund Burke

“We stare vacantly into our own future, frightened of all that time confiscates from us. We lament the theft of our beauty, youth, and…

— Shakieb Orgunwall

“But a terror of this nature, as it occupies and expands the mind, and elevates it to high expectation, is purely sublime, and leads…

— Ann Radcliffe