“Like silence after noise, or cool, clear water on a hot, stuffy day, Emptiness cleans out the messy mind and charges up the batteries of spiritual energy. Many people are afraid of Emptiness, however, because it reminds them of Loneliness.” PeopleMindSpiritualEnergyWaterSilenceClearLonelinessHotNoiseEmptinessMessyBatteriesClear WaterSpiritual Energy Author:Benjamin Hoff
“I started to see human beings as little lonesome, water based, pink meat, life forms pushing air through themselves and making noises that the other little pieces of meat seemed to understand. I was thinking to myself, 'There's five billion people here but we've never been more isolated.' The only result of the aggressive individualism we pursue is that you lose sight of your compassion and we go to bed at night thinking, 'Is this all there is?' because we don't feel fulfilled.” PeopleThinkingFeelsHumansLittlesFormNightWaterLosesHuman BeingsResultsCompassionFivePiecesAirBedSightBillionsNoisePursueMeatPushingAggressiveIndividualismIsolatedFulfilledLonesomeNight Thinking Author:Devin Townsend
“Arguments could fill a marriage like water, running through everything, always, with no taste or color but lots of noise.” RunningWaterColorTasteArgumentNoise Book:Prodigal Summer Source: Prodigal Summer
“They whirled past the dark trees, as feathers would be swept before a hurricane. Houses, gates, churches, hay-stacks, objects of every kind they shot by, with a velocity and noise like roaring waters suddenly let loose. Still the noise of pursuit grew louder, and still my uncle could hear the young lady wildly screaming, "Faster! Faster!"” KindStillsWould BePastYoungHouseWaterChurchDarkTreeObjectsGrewShotsPursuitNoiseFasterGatesUnclesFeathersHurricanesSpookyRoaringVelocityYoung LadiesHayDark Trees Book:The posthumous papers of the Pickwick Club Source: The posthumous papers of the Pickwick Club