Famous quotes containing the words vegetative state, vegetative and/or state:
“Virtuous people are simply those who have ... not been tempted sufficiently, because they live in a vegetative state, or because their purposes are so concentrated in one direction that they have not had the leisure to glance around them.”
—Isadora Duncan (1878–1927)
“Buddha has covered the walls of the great temple
With the vegetative speed of his imagery”
—Denis Devlin (1908–1959)
“The only way into truth is through one’s own annihilation; through dwelling a long time in a state of extreme and total humiliation.”
—Simone Weil (1909–1943)