Ravi Shankar

There are thousands of ragas, and they are all connected with different times of the day, like sunrise or night or sunset. It is all based on 72 of what we call 'mela' or scales. And we have principally nine moods, ranging from peacefulness to praying, or the feeling of emptiness you get by sitting by the ocean.

Indian Musician

Kim Yuna

After I won the Olympics, like any gold medalist, I did feel some emptiness in my heart. I did think about coming back to the ice for a long time. What motivated me is skating is something I am best at and I love the most. So I want to give it one more try.

South Korean Athlete

Marilynne Robinson

I think probably one of the important things that happened to me was growing up in Idaho in the mountains, in the woods, and having a very strong presence of the wilderness around me. That never felt like emptiness. It always felt like presence.

American Novelist

Kiesza

I was a weird teenager. My mother was actually worried because I didn't have any interest in dating in my teenage years. I had all this desire to pursue my passions like ballet, then sailing, then music, so I didn't have any emptiness to fill.

Canadian Musician

Princess Stephanie of Monaco

Every mother in the world knows this feeling one day... of emptiness, a time comes where you feel a little less useful because you're no longer running left and right. Life no longer has the same rhythm.

Monacan Royalty

Susan Polis Schutz

It's often difficult for those who are lucky enough to have never experienced what true depression is to imagine a life of complete hopelessness, emptiness and fear.

American Poet

Merle Shain

Loving can cost a lot but not loving always costs more, and those who fear to love often find that want of love is an emptiness that robs the joy from life.

Canadian Author

Yehuda Berg

Unfortunately, it is human nature for us to only learn and grow from a place of emptiness. It's hard to learn when we are winning and on top of the world.

American Clergyman

Jeff Bridges

The more space and emptiness you can create in yourself, then you can let the rest of the world come in and fill you up.

American Actor

Billie Joe Armstrong

If I look at my old lyrics, they seem to be full of rage, but empty. There was an emptiness in my life.

American Singer

Used to describe an area that is physically empty, with no objects present.

Physical Absence

Can convey a sense of surprise or disappointment when something expected is missing.

Feeling Vacant

Sometimes used to discuss the lack of meaning or direction in one's life or work.

Existential Use

Can imply a deeper questioning of life's value or purpose, often in a philosophical context.

Philosophical Context

Expresses profound feelings like grief or despair, not just general sadness.

Emotional Weight

Refers to a deep, personal sense of missing something important emotionally.

Inner Void

Specific to science, referring to vast areas in the universe with no matter.

Spatial Vacuum

Often associated with scientific terms or discussions about the universe and space.

Physics Context

In religious studies or Eastern philosophy, specifically related to Buddhist teachings.

Buddhist Principle

Not just a feeling or physical state - a complex philosophical idea in Buddhism.

Metaphysical Concept

 that the emptiness in my apartment was just reflective of the emptiness in myself, and that I had fallen for some of the lies that our culture tells us. The first lie is that career success is fulfilling. I've had a fair bit of career success, and I've found that it helps me avoid the shame I would feel if I felt myself a failure,

The lies our culture...

 Parents struggled to console their starving children while their own stomachs rumbled. With nothing to eat, people no longer gathered over heaped bowls of rice, but withdrew and shrank from the darkening world. To His shock and awe, Shiva also felt the profound emptiness left by his wife’s absence.

The legend of Annapurna,...

 of lecture-going and traffic cone stealing was a veneer, albeit a very well-crafted and convincing one. Underneath, I was actually deeply unhappy, insecure and fundamentally frightened -- frightened of other people, of the future, of failure and of the emptiness that I felt was within me.

The voices in my head PIPE...

 the essence of its brand emptiness means the possibility of being filled with different meanings romantic is also what does not last snapchat the app for self erasing pictures negates permanence it brings us back to a time when forgetting

Let’s put the romance...

 Even though life is getting objectively better by nearly every conceivable standard, more people feel hopeless, depressed and alone. There's an emptiness gnawing away at people, and you don't have to be clinically depressed to feel it.

There's more to life...

 and the stories that were involved in it, as well as the fact that they protected the contents. The second influence on this piece came from recycling and looking into a tin can recycling bin and seeing all that beautiful emptiness.

Michael Moschen:...

 The universe is bustling with matter and energy. Even in the vast apparent emptiness of intergalactic space, there's one hydrogen atom per cubic meter. That's not the mention a barrage of particles and electromagnetic radiation

Is it possible to create...

 pauses and moments of emptiness into his work. This was a key feature of his trademark uneven tempo and black humor, which became popular throughout the Theatre of the Absurd. He also cultivated a mysterious persona,

Why should you read...

 And I think it's because spiritual emptiness is a universal disease. I think inside at some point, we put our heads down on the pillow and we go, "There's got to be more to life than this."

A life of purpose PIPE Rick...

 this much emptiness this is also gonna be the name of my memoir about my love life

Emptiness