“To be full of things is to be empty of what matters. To be empty of things is to be full of freedom.”

“I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches.”

“I only wish that wisdom were the kind of thing that flowed … from the vessel that was full to the one that was empty.”

“I only wish that wisdom were the kind of thing that flowed … from the vessel that was full to the one that was empty.”

“Live full, die empty.”

“An empty man is full of himself.”

“Nor is anything empty: For what is empty is nothing. What is nothing cannot be.Nor does it move; for it has nowhere to betake itself to, but is full. For if there were aught empty, it would betake itself to the empty. But, since there is naught empty, it has nowhere to betake itself to.”

“I have nothing to give but my heart so full and these empty hands."

"They're not empty now.”

“Freedom! That belabored word! It is a big, empty word, and yet, when some experience reminds us what freedom is, how clear and particular its meaning becomes, how unspeakably sweet, and full!”

“Revenge leads to an empty fullness, like eating dirt.”