Best 483 quotes in «emptiness quotes» category

The master is already merged into existence. Merging into the master you are really merging with existence itself. The master functions only as a door, and a door is an emptiness; you pass through it. The master is the door to the beyond.

The morning’s recollection of the emptiness of the day before. Its anticipation of the emptiness of the day to come.

the neighborhood is nothing but a protective zone- remodeling, disinfection, a snobbish and hygenic design- but above all in a figurative sense: it is a machine for making emptiness.

The pain, or the memory of pain, that here was literally sucked away by something nameless until only a void was left. The knowledge that this question was possible: pain that turns finally into emptiness. The knowledge that the same equation applied to everything, more or less.

There is no emptiness of soul ever for those whose life is devoted to God.

The problem is not that the churches are filled with empty pews, but that the pews are filled with empty people.

There is a terrible emptiness in me, an indifference that hurts.

There is no greater method for experiencing peace of mind and happiness than to understand and meditate on Emptiness.

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

The resurrection proclamation could not have been maintained in Jerusalem for a single day, for a single hour, if the emptiness of the tomb had not been established as a fact.

There is something more important than the place being left. It's that swell of crushing emptiness that makes the insignificant seem anything but.

There's a disappointment there because I still feel there's an emptiness in my career that just wasn't filled.

The state of perpetual emptiness is, of course, very good for business.

The true opponent in a debate on emptiness is your own ego.

The strongest guard is placed at the gateway to nothing. Maybe because the condition of emptiness is too shameful to be divulged.

The usefulness of the pot lies in its emptiness.

the universe and its beings are a complementarity of empty infinity, intimate interrelationships, and total uniqueness of each and every being.

The usefulness of a pot comes from its emptiness.

The usefulness of the cup is its emptiness.

The whole house seemed to exhale a melancholy breath of emptiness

Thou shalt not steal; an empty feat, When it's so lucrative to cheat.

This is the definition of happiness: a whole day stretching out ahead of me, beautiful in its emptiness and simplicity.

Those which are produced from causes are not produced. they do not have an inherent nature of production. those which depend on causes are said to be empty; those who know emptiness are aware.

This morning I suddenly catch myself: I'm not there, I'm so lost in thought, I don't know what's going on around me. Can you think yourself to death?

Thoughts that deny reincarnation are transformed in the next life into an inner unreality, an inner emptiness of life; this inner unreality and emptiness are experienced as torment, as disharmony.

To be full of things is to be empty of God; to be empty of things is to be full of God.

True compassion is undirected & holds no conceptual focus. That kind of genuine, true compassion is only possible after realizing emptiness.

To starve a child of the spell of the story, of the canter of the poem, oral or written, is a kind of living burial. It is to immure him in emptiness.

True emptiness is not empty, but contains all things. The mysterious and pregnant void creates and reflects all possibilities. From it arises our individuality, which can be discovered and developed, although never possessed or fixed.

To be here, all you have to do is let go of who you think you are. That's all! And then you realize, "I'm here." Here is where thoughts aren't believed. Every time you come here, you are nothing. Radiantly nothing. Absolutely and eternally zero. Emptiness that is awake. Emptiness that is full. Emptiness that is everything.

To find out that you are empty of emptiness is to die into an aware mystery, which is the source of all existence.

What is my identity ?" "Nothing," said the Master. "You mean that I am an emptiness and a void?" said the incredulous disciple. "Nothing that can be labeled." said the Master.

We drank a toast to innocence, we drank a toast to now. And tried to reach beyond the emptiness, but neither one knew how.

We were meant to grow. When we don't grow, we seek diversions--some harmless (if unproductive), others destructive--to fill the emptiness.

Until the bitter end, the emptiness inside her was hers alone.

We do not pray for immortality, but only not to see our acts and all things stripped suddenly of all their meaning; for then it is the utter emptiness of everything reveals itself.

What makes us afraid is our great freedom in the face of the emptiness that has still to be filled.

When I talk to some of the younger filmmakers, they are so worried about their films that, eventually, this state of being worried reflects itself in and helps the final work. Whereas, with projects that are meticulously planned, you look at the end result and it is full of emptiness.

When all the faces have been rejected and emptiness is left, you have found the original face. Emptiness is the original face. Zero is the ultimate experience. Nothingness - or more accurately NO-THINGNESS - is your original face.

When everyone is trying to be something, be nothing. Range with emptiness.

When I fell out of the light, I entered The stomach of indifference, the wordless cupboard.

When I look beyond the mind, I see the witness. Beyond the witness, there is infinite intensity of emptiness and silence.

When you jump onto the emptiness of the loneliness, the best parachute to land you safely will be the books!

When the heart becomes empty, the mimbar of the Divine Oneness is placed therein and the sultan of gnosis sits upon it.

When you have friends, don’t expect your friends to fill your emptiness. When you get married, don’t expect your spouse to fulfill your every need. When you’re an activist, don’t put your hope in the results. When you’re in trouble don’t depend on yourself. Don’t depend on people. Depend on God.

When you are so full that there is no emptiness in you, that you have started feeling the significance of the ordinary, day-to-day existence, when moment to moment you live totally, intensely, passionately, then God is available.

Where we find echoes, we generally find emptiness and hollowness; it is the contrary with the echoes of the heart.

When you realize your own emptiness, that will be something, won't it?

When you're full of yourself, God can't fill you. But when you empty yourself, God has a useful vessel.

Winning intoxicates you, and numbs you to the sufferings of others.