Quotes about Emptiness

They cannot scare me with their empty spaces Between stars—on stars where no human race is. I have it in me so much nearer home To scare myself with my own desert places.

Nothing hurts more than realizing they meant everything to you, but you meant nothing to them.

Existence, after losing her, would be hell.

It's no company at all, when people know nothing and say nothing,' she muttered.

You may fancy a glimpse of the abyss where I grovelled!

It is so strange people should be so greedy, when they are alone in the world!

While I read, I sighed, for it seemed as if all joy had vanished from the world, never to be restored

I have a need of such clearance as the Savior effected in the temple of Jerusalem a riddance of clutter of what is secondary that blocks the way to the all-important central emptiness which is filled with the presence of God alone. 4 —Jean Danielou

the result of denying and minimizing our wounds over many years is that we become less and less human, empty Christian shells with painted smiley faces.

Suffering doesn't teach you about yourself from a textbook—it teaches you from experience. It empties you so that by faith you can be filled with His Spirit.

The more he looked inside the more Piglet wasn't there.

I question the value of our civilization when I see that our public representatives have lost hold of the simplest, strongest truths. Nothing demonstrates the emptiness of a person's mind more than putting party loyalty above principle.