When we have nothing

When we have nothing left but God, we discover that God is enough.

There’s really nothing new

“There’s really nothing particularly new in these books – nothing more than what most people think & believe already. It’s just that most people either don’t take much account of these things, or won’t admit it.” 

Henrik Ibsen

Loyalty

A woman’s loyalty is tested when her man has nothing…A man’s loyalty is tested when he has everything.

One day

If nothing else, one day you can look someone straight in the eyes and say, “But I lived through it, and it made me who I am today.”

Doctors

“Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, in human beings of whom they know nothing.” 

Voltaire

Nothing should be out of the reach of hope

“Nothing should be out of the reach of hope. Life is a hope.” 

Oscar Wilde

You could share DNA with someone

“You could share DNA with someone & still have nothing in common with them.”

Jodi Picoult

Anyway, by myself…

“Anyway, by myself, I’m nothing special. But with you, I think I could be.”

Jodi Picoult

Nothingness

“I’ve spent my life reading, yawning, tinkling the bell of my own little problems, never managing to make a decision – only to find that I have decided, that I chose this war & this defeat, that today has been waiting for me since the beginning of time. Everything’s got to be done over again, & yet, there’s nothing that can be done. The two thoughts interpenetrated, cancelled one another out. Only the unruffled surface of Nothingness remained.”

Jean-Paul Sartre

(Iron in the Soul)

I read this paragraph two days ago, but I couldn’t help reading it again & again. Although I haven’t been to that kind of war & as such I didn't have any problem in making decisions but I can relate to it, because most of us face defeat in some form or the other & fate decides important things for us whether we like it or not.

Sometimes we’re left with nothing; sometimes we wait for nothing. Nothingness seems to be the only factor that is real enough. You don’t even have the option to blot out anything & maybe you don’t need it. You are left with nothing & everything else becomes inconsequential.

I think literature is one of the best things that has happened to me. But cats & dogs are even better than literature. And yeah there is no harm in reading Iron in the soul! It may recharge your brain cells...

Civilization

“Civilization develops in man only a many-sided sensitivity to sensation, and…definitely nothing more.”

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

You’ve sold your soul for nothing

“You’ve sold your soul for nothing, you moralist. I’ll sell mine to some purpose.”

Jean-Paul Sartre

I need to say so much

“I need to say so much that I say nothing.”

Vikram Seth

Believe Nothing

Believe nothing because a wise person said it. Believe nothing because it is generally held. Believe nothing because it is written. Believe nothing because it is said to be Divine. Believe nothing because someone else believes it. But believe only what you yourself judge to be true.

Buddha

Torture me to your heart’s content

“Torture me to your heart’s content; I regret nothing.”

Jean-Paul Sartre

You may know a person all your life

“You may know a person all your life & never really know what he is like. Then something happens & you find that all the people you knew are like nothing & someone you never saw before will reach out a hand to help.”

Harold Robbins

I believed in you

"I believed in you as some people believe in God…And now I believe in nothing."

Somerset