Emptiness Quotes

• There is nothing so cruel in this world as the desolation of having nothing to hope for.

  Haruki Murakami

  Hope, World, Empty

  "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle". Book by Haruki Murakami, August 25, 1995.

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• Emptiness has its solace in that there's nothing left to take.

  Ani DiFranco

  Sadness, Solace, Left

  Song: Bodily, Album: Educated Guess, 2004

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• Why does the feeling of emptiness occupy so much space?

  James de la Vega

  Space, Feelings, Doe

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• I am unable to describe exactly what is the matter with me; now and then there are horrible fits of anxiety, apparently without cause, or otherwise a feeling of emptiness and fatigue in the head.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Anxiety, Feelings, Matter

  Vincent van Gogh, Ronald Pickvance (1984). “Van Gogh in Arles”, p.30, Metropolitan Museum of Art

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  Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.

  Corrie Ten Boom

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Corrie Ten Boom (1985). “Jesus is Victor”, Fleming H Revell Company

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• The inner emptiness is the door to God.

  Rajneesh

  God, Doors

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• Illusion is needed to disguise the emptiness within.

  Arthur Erickson

  Criminal Mind, Illusion, Disguise

  "Criminal Minds: Persuasion". TV Series, www.imdb.com. 2014.

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• In a full heart there is room for everything, and in an empty heart there is room for nothing.

  Antonio Porchia

  Broken Heart, Wise, Appreciation

  Antonio Porchia (2006). “Voces reunidas”, Pre Textos Ed

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• No pain could match the emptiness of separation, no agony rivaled the unreality of not being with her.

  Scott Spencer

  Pain, Agony, Separation

  Scott Spencer (2010). “Endless Love”, p.155, Open Road Media

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• Good and bad, happy and sad, all thoughts vanish into emptiness like the imprint of a bird in the sky.

  Chogyam Trungpa

  Sky, Bird, Good And Bad

  Chogyam Trungpa (2017). “The Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa, Volume 10: Work, Sex, Money - Mindfulness in Action - Devotion and Crazy Wisdom - Selected Writings”, p.490, Shambhala Publications

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• Feeling too much is a hell of a lot better than feeling nothing.

  Nora Roberts

  Empathy, Feelings, Too Much

  Nora Roberts (2002). “Midnight Bayou”, p.120, Penguin

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• They say you don't get over someone until you find someone or something better. As humans, we don't deal well with emptiness. Any empty space must be filled. Immediately. The pain of emptiness is too strong. It compels the victim to fill that place. A single moment with that empty spot causes excruciating pain. That's why we run from distraction to distraction and from attachment to attachment.

  Yasmin Mogahed

  Running, Strong, Pain

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• We cannot even let the other person into our hearts or minds unless we empty ourselves. We can truly listen to him or truly hear her only out of emptiness.

  M. Scott Peck

  Heart, Mind, Empty

  "The Different Drum: Community Making and Peace".

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• Emptiness is a symptom that you are not living creatively.

  Maxwell Maltz

  Using Your Talents, Cybernetics, Symptoms

  Maxwell Maltz (1989). “Psycho-Cybernetics”, p.145, Simon and Schuster

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• The full he empties, and the empty he fills.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Empty

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• We hear only our own voices, still echoes returning to our emptiness.

  Dejan Stojanovic

  Echoes, Voice, Stills

  "The Sun Watches the Sun". Book by Dejan Stojanovic (Sequence: "A Stone and a Word," Chapter: "Stories," p. 60), 1999.

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• In the silence of the heart God speaks. If you face God in prayer and silence, God will speak to you. Then you will know that you are nothing. It is only when you realize your nothingness, your emptiness, that God can fill you with Himself. Souls of prayer are souls of great silence.

  Mother Teresa

  Prayer, Heart, Silence

  Mother Teresa of Calcutta (2010). “In the Heart of the World: Thoughts, Stories & Prayers (Easyread Large Edition)”, p.9, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• One of the functions of thought is to be occupied all the time with something. Most of us want to have our minds continually occupied so that we are prevented from seeing ourselves as we actually are. We are afraid to be empty. We are afraid to look at our fears.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Time, Fear, Mind

  Jiddu Krishnamurti (2013). “On Fear”, p.9, Harper Collins

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• All silence is. All emptiness. And now: The dawn.

  Ray Bradbury

  Silence, Dawn, Silence Is

  Ray Bradbury (1973). “When elephants last in the dooryard bloomed: celebrations for almost any day in the year”, Alfred A. Knopf

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• The usefulness of the cup is its emptiness.

  Bruce Lee

  Art, Cups, Usefulness

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• When emptiness is still, that is eternity. When it moves, that is love.

  Adyashanti

  Moving, Eternity, Stills

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• Form is emptiness, emptiness is form

  Gautama Buddha

  Form

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• Question your thoughts.
  Question your stories.
  Question your assumptions.
  Question your opinions.
  Question your conclusions.
  Question them all into utter emptiness, stillness and joy.
  The keys to freedom are in your hands.
  Use them.

  Adyashanti

  Freedom, Keys, Hands

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• Emptiness the starting point. — In order to taste my cup of water you must first empty your cup. My friend, drop all your preconceived and fixed ideas and be neutral. Do you know why this cup is useful? Because it is empty.

  Bruce Lee

  Order, Ideas, Water

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.2, Tuttle Publishing

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• Meditation is nothing but coming to terms with your inner emptiness: recognizing it, not escaping; living through it, not escaping; being through it, not escaping. Then suddenly the emptiness becomes the fullness of life.

  Rajneesh

  Fullness Of Life, Escaping, Meditation

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