Quotes about Hollowness
Let him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness, for emptiness will be his reward.
— Job 15:31
It beareth the name of Vanity Fair, because the town where 'tis kept is lighter than vanity.
— John Bunyan
Earthly riches are like the reed. Its roots are sunk in the swamp, and its exterior is fair to behold; but inside it is hollow. If a man leans on such a reed, it will snap off and pierce his soul.
— St. Anthony of Padua
Sin makes us fools. We are easily deceived, attracted to hollow and deceptive philosophy, and enticed by arguments that lead us away from Christ. Sin blinds us to our sin!
— Timothy Lane
We live, I regret to say, in an age of surfaces
— Oscar Wilde
See, they are all a delusion; their works amount to nothing; their images are as empty as the wind.
— Isaiah 41:29
Television has been the single greatest shaper of emptiness.
— Ravi Zacharias
When a man is physically present but emotionally absent, a girl's heart can feel quite hollow and helpless. This is true whether that man is her father, her husband, or even a man whom she deeply respects.
— Lysa TerKeurst
These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.
— 2 Peter 2:17
We have lived long enough to experience the hollowness of earth and the rottenness of all carnal promises.
— Charles Spurgeon
Godly despair cries out for perspective but allows the hollowness of loss to move the heart to seek God.
— Dan Allender
Men who are thoroughly false and hollow, seldom try to hide those vices from themselves; and yet in very act of avowing them, they lay claim to the virtues they feign most to despise
— Charles Dickens