“We have to face the unpleasant as well as the affirmative side of the human story, including our own story as a nation, our own stories of our peoples. We have got to have the ugly facts in order to protect us from the official view of reality. Otherwise, we are squeezed empty and filled with what other people want us to think and feel and experience.” PeopleThinkingWantFeelsHumansWellsFactsStoriesRealityFacesOrderNationsSidesViewsProtectEmptyFilledIncludingUglyOfficialsWant UAffirmative Author:Bill Moyers
“Whoever thinks that he alone has speech, or possesses speech or mind above others, when unfolded such men are seen to be empty.” ThinkingMenMindSpeechEmptyUprising Author:Sophocles
“It's [a miscarriage] all very thief-in-the-night. No one really knows what to say. You go into the emergency room, you think you're going to be a mum and you walk out empty. It's all neat and tidy, there's this potential being in your life and you're empty - all cleaned up and put back together, but completely shattered.” ThinkingKnowsTogetherNightWalksRoomsEmptyThievesMumEmergenciesNeatShatteredBack TogetherTidyMiscarriageEmergency RoomNeat And Tidy Author:Tori Amos
“Love is a dangerous thing. It comes in disguise to change our life... Lust is the deceiver. Lust wrenches our lives until nothing matters except the one we think we love, and under that deceptive spell we kill for them, give all for them, and then, when we have what we have wanted, we discover that it is all an illusion and nothing is there. Lust is a voyage to nowhere, to an empty land, but some men just love such voyages and never care about the destination. Love is a voyage too, a voyage with no destination except death, but a voyage of bliss.” ThinkingMenGivingMatterCareWantedLove IsOur LivesLandDangerousIllusionEmptyLustBlissDestinationSpellsDisguiseVoyagesDangerous ThingsDeceptiveNothing MattersDeceiverWrenches Author:Bernard Cornwell
“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
“The interviewer should just tell me the words he wants me to say and I’ll repeat them after him. I think that would be so great because I’m so empty I just can’t think of anything to say.” ThinkingWantShouldWould BeEmptyPhotographerRepeatsWant MeInterviewersHe Wants Me Author:Andy Warhol
“I really believe in empty spaces, although, as an artist, I make a lot of junk. Empty space is never-wasted space. Wasted space is any space that has art in it. An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have but that he, for some reason, thinks it would be a good idea to give them.” PeopleThinkingNeedsGivingBelieveArtIdeasReasonWould BeArtistSpaceProduceEmptyGood IdeasJunkEmpty Space Author:Andy Warhol
“I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. [...] It is a mistake to think that that little room has elastic walls and can distend to any extent. [...] It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.” ThinkingMenLittlesFactsRoomsMistakeBrainWallHighestEmptyImportanceUselessYou ChooseFurnitureScarletAtticsStudy In Scarlet Book:A Study in Scarlet Source: A Study in Scarlet
“Listening is a very deep practice. You have to empty yourself. You have to leave space in order to listen especially to people we think are our enemies - the ones we believe are making our situation worse. When you have shown your capacity for listening and understanding, the other person will begin to listen to you, and you have a change to tell him or her of your pain, and it's your turn to be healed. This is the practice of peace.” PeopleThinkingBelievePersonsPainOrderTurnsUnderstandingSpaceSituationEnemyPracticeListeningEmpathyCapacityEmptyHealedVery Deep Author:Nhat Hanh