“Our lives are like these things I make. Turn 'em, build 'em, bake 'em in fire. That's what you've been, son. Baked and fired. But a pot don't have the right to choose whether he be for water, wine, or just left empty. You have, son. You have.” TurnsLeftWaterFireOur LivesSonEmptyWineEmsPot Author:Joanne Harris
“Standing at the edge of our city, a man could feel that we had made this place of streets and dwellings in the stillness of the desert, and that we had done a brave thing... Or a man could feel that we had made this city in the desert and that it was a fake thing and that our lives were empty lives, and that we were the contemporaries of the jack rabbits.” MenFeelsMadeDoneCitiesOur LivesStreetsStandingEmptyBraveEdgesDesertFakeStillnessRabbitsDwellingEmpty Life Author:William Saroyan
“If dragons were common, and you could look at one in the zoo - but zebras were a rare legendary creature that had finally been decided to be mythical - then there's a certain sort of person who would ignore dragons, who would never bother to look at dragons, and chase after rumors of zebras. The grass is always greener on the other side of reality. Which is rather setting ourselves up for eternal disappointment, eh? If we cannot take joy in the merely real, our lives shall be empty indeed.” IfsLooksPersonsRealRealityJoyCertainSidesCommonOur LivesCreaturesEternalEmptyDecidedDisappointmentSettingSettingsBotherGrassDragonsRumorZoosLegendaryGreenerZebrasGrass Is Always GreenerGreener On The Other Side Author:Eliezer Yudkowsky
“Who am I?” “What is the purpose of my life?” These questions arise spontaneously throughout our lives, either unbidden or through conscious intent. Anyone who wishes to live an authentic life must answer these questions, regardless of whether they believe in the existence of the soul or practice a religion. If these queries remain unanswered, life will more than likely remain superficial and empty, in spite of any material abundance. If you wish to make the soul's journey, then I suggest you ask yourself these questions relentlessly and ruthlessly, and listen carefully.” IfsBelieveSoulPurposeAsksWishAnswersExistencePracticeOur LivesJourneyMaterialsConsciousEmptyAriseAbundanceSpiteSuperficialUnansweredAuthentic LifeQueries Author:Ilchi Lee
“In very truth the days are almost free, and if it is another way of saying that our lives are empty, well -- there are days when emptiness is spacious, and non-existence elevating . . .” IfsWayWellsExistenceOur LivesEmptyEmptinessAnother WayElevatingNon Existence Author:Florida Scott-Maxwell
“It is not enough simply to try to resist evil or empty our lives of sin. We must also fill our lives with righteousness” TryingEnoughEvilSinOur LivesEmptyRighteousness Author:Ezra Taft Benson
“How very dull our lives would be without literature! How very much dark and poor, how so sad and empty the world would be!” WorldWould BeLiteratureDarkPoorOur LivesEmptyDullSo Sad Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“The Zen Master warns: 'If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him!' This admonition points up that no meaning that comes from outside of ourselves is real. The Buddhahood of each of us has already been obtained. We need only recognize it. Philosophy, religion, patriotism, all are empty idols. The only meaning in our lives is what we each bring to them. Killing the Buddha on the road means destroying the hope that anything outside of ourselves can be out master. No one is any bigger than anyone else. There are no mothers or fathers for grown-ups, only sisters and brothers.” IfsNeedsMeanRealPhilosophyLife IsMotherFatherOur LivesBrotherMastersEmptyBiggerKillingDestroyingIdolsBrothers And SistersZen MasterAdmonition Book:IF YOU MEET THE BUDDHA ON THE ROAD KILL HIM THE PILGRIMAGE OF PSYCHOTHERAPY PATIENTS Source: IF YOU MEET THE BUDDHA ON THE ROAD KILL HIM THE PILGRIMAGE OF PSYCHOTHERAPY PATIENTS