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1 " When men live huddled together without true communication, there seems to be a greater sharing, and a more genuine communion. But this is not communion, only immersion in the general meaninglessness of countless slogans and clichés repeated over and over again so that in the end one listens without hearing and responds without thinking. The constant din of empty words and machine noises, the endless booming of loudspeakers end by making true communication and true communion almost impossible... "
― Thomas Merton , New Seeds of Contemplation
2 " And maybe that is what it comes down to, knowing what the other person needs even before they know it themselves. Maybe it’s just that simple and it is only us who make it complicated with our anniversaries and our gifts, with grand declarations and public demonstrations, empty words and valuable stones. "
3 " And empty words are evil. "
― Homer , The Odyssey
4 " They say that depression makes you see everything in a negative light. I disagree. It makes you see things for what they are. It makes you take off the fucking rose-tinted glasses and look around and see the world as it really is- cruel, harsh and unfair. It makes you see people in their true colours- stupid, shallow and self-absorbed. All that ridiculous optimism, all that carpe diem and life-is-what-you-make-of-it. Words, jsut empty words in an attempt to give meaning to an existence taht is both doomed and futile. "
― Tabitha Suzuma , A Voice in the Distance (Flynn Laukonen, #2)
5 " I believed I would never trust another person for as long as I lived. Yet, I couldn't help but trust him; the decision was made before I even realized what was happening. He forced my soul back into innocent belief, not by empty words or false promises but by consistent action that never failed. He was safe. "
― Rachel Higginson , Fearless Magic (Star-Crossed, #3)
6 " He forced my soul back into innocent belief, not by empty words or false promises but by consistent action that never failed. He was safe. "
7 " God does not require from you empty words or idle conversations "
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8 " He utters empty words he utters sound without mind. "
