“Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without passion, without business, without entertainment, without care. It is then that he recognizes that he is empty, insufficient, dependent, ineffectual. From the depths of his soul now comes at once boredom, gloom, sorrow, chagrin, resentment and despair.” MenSoulCarePassionSorrowDespairEmptyDepthEntertainmentBoredomDependentResentmentIdlenessGloomInsufficientChagrin Author:Blaise Pascal
“I did not like the nothing, and it is thus that I met the empty, the deep empty, the depth of the blue.” MovementMetsEmptyBlueDepth Author:Yves Klein
“The heart of the problem is not so much how we see objects in depth, as how we see the constant layout of the world around us. Space, as such, empty space, is not visible, but surfaces are.” WorldHeartProblemSpaceObjectsEmptyConstantDepthSurfaceVisibleEmpty SpaceLayout Author:James J. Gibson
“Lord, You have told me who You are, You have in mercy revealed Yourself to me, I know You to be that blessed 'gift of God' which alone can save and satisfy my soul. The depth and compass of heavenly love are manifested in You, and You have shown me, not my need only, but the sufficiency of Your grace and power to meet it. I am an empty sinner, You are a full Christ!” KnowsNeedsSoulChristLordGraceEmptyMercyBlessedWho You AreDepthMy SoulSinnerHeavenlyCompassGift From GodSufficiencyHeavenly Love Author:Susannah Spurgeon
“As with most great communicators, God knows that the point of silence and the pause between sentences is not to give the audience the chance to fill the silence with empty babbling but to help create more depth to the conversation.” KnowsGivingHelpingChanceSilenceAudienceConversationEmptyDepthSentencesPausesGod KnowsCommunicatorsBabbling Book:Listening For God: A Ministers Journey Through Silence And Doubt Source: Listening For God: A Ministers Journey Through Silence And Doubt
“Look...at...me..." he whispered. The green eyes found the black, but after a second, something in the depths of the dark pair seemed to vanish, leaving them fixed, blank, and empty. The hand holding Harry thudded to the floor, and Snape moved no more.” LooksHandsEyeFoundBlackDarkEmptyGreenMovedDepthLeavingFixedPairsBlankLook At MeSnapeGreen EyesHand Holding Author:J. K. Rowling
“I became educated to the fact that the greatest pain does not come zooming down from a distant planet, but from the depths of the heart. Of course, both could happen; your wife and child could leave you, and you could be sitting alone in your empty house with nothing to live for, and in addition the Martians could bore through the roof and get you.” HeartChildrenDoeFactsHappensPainCoursesHouseWifePlanetsSittingEmptyDepthEducatedBoresRoofMartiansSitting AloneEmpty Houses Author:Philip K. Dick
“Only Thee That I want thee, only thee---let my heart repeat without end. All desires that distract me, day and night, are false and empty to the core. As the night keeps hidden in its gloom the petition for light, even thus in the depth of my unconsciousness rings the cry ---`I want thee, only thee'. As the storm still seeks its end in peace when it strikes against peace with all its might, even thus my rebellion strikes against thy love and still its cry is ---`I want thee, only thee'.” WantHeartStillsEndsLightMightDesireNightCryMy HeartEmptyDepthStormStrikesCoreRingsTheeRepeatsRebellionDay And NightGloomPetitionsUnconsciousness Book:Gitanjali Source: Gitanjali
“Postmodernity is said to be a culture of fragmentary sensations, eclectic nostalgia, disposable simulacra, and promiscuous superficiality, in which the traditionally valued qualities of depth, coherence, meaning, originality, and authenticity are evacuated or dissolved amid the random swirl of empty signals.” SaidCultureQualityEmptyDepthNostalgiaAuthenticitySensationsOriginalitySignalsEclecticDisposableSuperficialityCoherenceSwirlsPromiscuous Author:Jean Baudrillard
“Evil is simple and empty. Evil has no mysterious depths. We stare into a dark hole and fill it with our fears, but it is only a hole.” EvilDarkSimpleEmptyDepthHolesMysteriousStaring Author:Brent Weeks
“Then there was Nico di Angelo. Dang, that kid gave Leo the freaky-deakies. He sat back in his leather aviator jacket, his black T-shirt and jeans, that wicked silver skull ring on his finger, and the Stygian sword at his side. His tufts of black hair struck up in curls like baby bat wings. His eyes were sad and kind of empty, as if he’d stared into the depths of Tartarus—which he had.” IfsKindEyeKidsSidesBlackHairBabyEmptyWingsFingersDepthRingsShirtsSatHis EyesWickedSilverBatsJeansT ShirtJacketsLeatherSkullsCurlsNico Di AngeloFreakyAviatorBlack HairTartarus Author:Rick Riordan