All men want, not something to do with, but something to do, or rather something to be.

A writer can do nothing for men more necessary, satisfying, than just simply to reveal to them the infinite possibility of their own souls.

Man has nothing else to do but surrender — in deep trust, in deep love. Don’t be a doer, just surrender. Let there be a let-go.

We have nothing to lose, nothing to gain, nothing we desired anymore- except to make our lives into a work of art.

Upon learning to see a man becomes everything by becoming nothing. He,

[N]othing is worthwhile on this unhappy earth except the fulfilment of a man's desire.

Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.

Thus men, according to Bossuet, derive nothing from themselves; patriotism, wealth, inventions, husbandry, science — all come to them by the operation of the laws, or by kings. All they have to do is to be passive.

Until man is nothing, God can make nothing of him. - Martin Luther

Upon learning to see a man becomes everything by becoming nothing. He, so to speak, vanishes and yet he’s there. I would say that this is the time when a man can be or can get anything he desires. But he desires nothing, and instead of playing with his fellow men like they were toys, he meets them in the midst of their folly. The only difference between them is that a man who sees controls his folly, while his fellow men can’t. A man who sees has no longer an active interest in his fellow men. Seeing has already detached him from absolutely everything he knew before.

...nothing is desperately important and the joy of life is just looking at it.

Feel nothing, know nothing, do nothing, have nothing, give up all to God, and say utterly, 'Thy will be done.' We only dream this bondage. Wake up and let it go.

A man has not every thing to do, but something; and because he cannot do every thing, it is not necessary that he should do something wrong.

Man was created for the sole purpose of rejoicing in God and deriving pleasure from the splendor of His Presence; for this is true joy and the greatest pleasure that can be found.