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There is a God-shaped hole in the life of every man. — Blaise Pascal, 1623-1662, French thinker 12 likes | |
If it comes in one ear and it comes out immediately by the other, it's because, between the two, there is nothing to hold it. — Georges Feydeau, 1862-1921, French playwright 10 likes | |
Nothing is not only nothing. It is also our prison. — Antonio Porchia, 1885-1968, Italian-Argentinian poet 9 likes | |
The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me. — Blaise Pascal, 1623-1662, French thinker 8 likes | |
He who jumps into the void owes no explanation to those who stand and watch. — Jean-Luc Godard, 1930-2022, French film director 8 likes | |
There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum. — Arthur Clarke, 1917-2008, British Sci-Fi writer 7 likes | |
Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there. — Eric Hoffer, 1902-1983, American writer & philosopher 7 likes | |
If you leave the smallest corner of your head vacant for a moment, other people's opinions will rush in from all quarters. — George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925 5 likes | |
It is hard for an empty sack to stand upright. — Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, American politician & writer 5 likes | |
The void created by the failure to communicate is soon filled with poison, drivel and misrepresentation. — Northcote Parkinson, 1909-1993, British historian 5 likes | |
God made everything out of nothing. But the nothingness shows through. — Paul Valery, 1871-1945, French poet 5 likes | |
An empty head is not really empty; it is stuffed with rubbish. Hence the difficulty of forcing anything in to an empty head. — Eric Hoffer, 1902-1983, American writer & philosopher 4 likes | |
In a full heart there is room for everything, and in an empty heart there is room for nothing. — Antonio Porchia, 1885-1968, Italian-Argentinian poet 4 likes | |
Matter is composed chiefly of nothing. — Carl Sagan, 1934-1996, American astronomer 4 likes | |
In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded. — Terry Pratchett, 1948-2015, British writer 4 likes | |
We become aware of the void as we fill it. — Antonio Porchia, 1885-1968, Italian-Argentinian poet 3 likes | |
Man's deepest glances are those that go out to the void. They converge beyond the All. — Paul Valery, 1871-1945, French poet 3 likes | |
Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness. — Samuel Beckett, 1906-1989, Irish writer, Nobel 1969 3 likes | |
How good would it be if one could die by throwing oneself into an infinite void. — Emile M. Cioran, 1911-1995, French-Romanian philosopher 3 likes | |
The only way to escape the abyss is to look at it, gauge it, sound it out and descend into it. | |
The void exists as long as you don’t fall inside it. | |
I am trying to awake the energy contained in the air. These are the main sources of energy. What is considered as empty space is just a manifestation of matter that is not awakened. |
Latin Quotes
Nature abhors a vacuum. Natura abhorret a vacua. 27 likes |
Funny Quotes
Eternal nothingness is O.K. if you're dressed for it. — Woody Allen, 1935-, American actor & film director 4 likes |
Non-English Quotes
The nothing nothings. Das Nichts nichtet. |
Ancient Greek
The beginning of everything is atoms and void, and everything else is perception. Αρχάς είναι των όλων ατόμους και κενόν, τα δ’ άλλα πάντα νενομίσθαι. — Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 10 likes |