“I have way too many commitments. I get pulled in too many directions and I never seem to be able to satisfy anybody. People get turned on by knowing a celebrity, even my friends and family. They feel that there's something exciting about me, but in reality there's no substance to it. People in airports just hold on to me expecting something and it seems that I always come up empty. It's frustrating because I'm trying to please everybody, and ya just can't do that ... at least I can't.” PeopleWayFeelsTryingI CanRealitySeemsAbleKnowingPleaseMy FriendsCommitmentEmptyExcitingCome UpSubstanceExpectingFamily And FriendsFrustratingAirportsExpecting Something Author:Tim Allen
“I stand here empty, waiting to b filled. I stand here weary of days bombarded with sorrows & ill. Yet, I STAND. For I know it is not of my strength; I know it is not my will. So with my eyes fixed on the prize and a rejoicing soul, I stand with a prayerful heart, waiting for my blessing. I stand, knowing my blessing will com.” KnowsHeartSoulMotivationalEyeWaitingKnowingSorrowBlessingEmptyFilledIllFixedPrizeRejoiceWearyPrayerfulMy BlessingBombarded Author:Shane Smith
“Exultation that does not flow from education, affections that do not flow from knowing, savoring that does not flow from seeing, feeling that does not flow from thinking - are hollow and rootless - noisy gongs and clanging cymbals. And God is not glorified by artificial and empty passions. True delight is rooted in true doctrine. God-centered exultation is rooted in God-centered education.” ThinkingDoeFeelingsPassionKnowingSeeingFlowEmptyAffectionDelightDoctrineArtificialRootedHollowNoisySavoringGongsCymbals Author:John Piper
“God is Someone who creates something out of nothing. He takes emptiness and creates wholeness, He takes darkness and speaks light. Because of this, we can come to God empty and weak knowing that He takes us and with His power makes something out of nothing.” LightSpeakDarknessKnowingEmptyWeakEmptinessWholeness Author:Vicky Beeching
“The nation blest above all nations is she in whom the civic genius of the people does the saving day by day, by acts without external picturesqueness; by speaking, writing, voting reasonably; by smiting corruption swiftly; by good temper between parties; by the people knowing true men when they see them, and preferring them as leaders to rabid partisans and empty quacks.” PeopleMenWritingWarNationsPartyLeaderKnowingEmptyCorruptionSavedVotingTemperPartisansGreat NationsTrue ManQuacks Author:William James
“When a baby comes into the world, its hands are clenched, right? Like this?" He made a fist. "Why? Because a baby not knowing any better, wants to grab everything, to say the whole world is mine. But when an old person dies, how does he do so? With his hands open. Why? Because he has learned his lesson." "What lesson?" I asked. He stretched open his empty fingers. "We can take nothing with us.” WorldWantPersonsDoeMadeWholeHandsDiesKnowingMinesBabyLessonsEmptyFingersWhole WorldNot KnowingFistsOld Person Book:Have a Little Faith: A True Story Source: Have a Little Faith: A True Story
“And knowing that the only alternative to your grief is the nothingness that’s fast approaching, you try to embrace your own sorrow, to be open and empty and let it all pass through you. This is the key, you have learned – to relinquish control, to relinquish the desire for control. Even in this late drama, to try to control is to go mad. And so you do your best to let it all go.” TryingDesireGriefKnowingKeysSorrowDramaLateEmptyMadEmbraceAlternativesNothingness Author:Ron Currie Jr.
“Tears could not be equal, if I wept diamonds from the skies," Jenks whispered, empty and bereft. "My word silent, though I should howl. Muffled by death, my wings can't lift me high enough to find you. I feel you within. Unaware of my pain. Not knowing why I mourn. And why I breathe alone.” IfsFeelsShouldEnoughPainKnowingSkyTearsEqualEmptyWingsSilentBreatheLiftsDiamondNot KnowingMournHowlBereft Author:Kim Harrison
“Doing fine, thank you, I would say, never knowing how to talk about what I do. If I could talk about it, I would not have to do it. I make art, sometimes I make true art, and sometimes it fills the empty places in my heart. Some of them. Not all.” IfsHeartArtSometimesKnowingFineMy HeartEmptyIf I CouldEmpty Places Author:Neil Gaiman
“I do not know if you remember the tale of the girl who saves the ship under mutiny by sitting on the powder barrel with her lighted torch... and all the time knowing that it is empty? This has seemed to me a charming image of the women of my time. There they were, keeping the world in order... by sitting on the mystery of life, and knowing themselves that there was no mystery.” IfsKnowsWorldRememberOrderGirlKnowingMysterySittingEmptyTalesShipsMy TimeCharmingSailingTorchesBarrelsPowderMystery Of LifeMutiny Author:Isak Dinesen
“When one hears the word meditation, it conjures an image of Maharishi Yoga talking about finding a mantra and striving for nirvana. The purpose of such meditation is to empty oneself. [Satan] is happy to invade the empty vacuum of your soul and possess it. That is why people serve Satan without ever knowing it or deciding to, but no one can be a child of God without making a decision to surrender to him. Beware of systems of spirituality which tell you to empty yourself. You will end up filled with something you probably do not want.” PeopleWantChildrenSoulEndsPurposeSpiritualityDecisionTalkingKnowingMeditationFindingsYogaEmptyFilledStriveOneselfSurrenderYour SoulSatanVacuumsChild Of GodMantras Author:E.W. Jackson
“I think a person has to believe in something, or search out some kind of faith; otherwise life is empty, nothing. How can you live not knowing why the cranes fly, why children are born, why there are stars in the sky... Either you know why you live, or it's all small, unnecessary bits.” ThinkingKnowsBelieveKindChildrenPersonsLife IsStarsBitsBornKnowingSkyEmptyNot KnowingUnnecessaryCranesStars In The Sky Author:Sarah Ruhl