49 Quotes by Danny Castillones Sillada

If any language were to be understood, one would have to understand first the unutterable sound of silence in the human soul through empathy and compassion, for there is more to the silence of individual heart and mind than what has been tangibly spoken or acted out between people. (— Danny Castillones Sillada, The Unspoken Infinities of Silence)

The essence of gift-giving does not rely on materials things, but on something transcendent, as if it were the last and the only thing that one could willingly give, that gently makes the soul smile.

Never have I felt this cavernous loneliness, where everything's so close and accessible at fingers' touch through the computer keyboard or mobile screen yet impalpably cold and removed from the organic world. (Danny Castilllones Sillada, Homelessness of the Soul in the Digital World)

I want to go home, but lamentably, I don’t know where home is anymore.

Nothing’s lonelier than living amidst the digital world, where no one knows about your physical existence, whether you’re still living or just existing for algorithmic feed on the social network or Big Data system. (Danny Castilllones Sillada, Homelessness of the Soul in the Digital World)

Sometimes the lowest and darkest moments of our lives are the best moments to reckon, because they humbled us, squashed us, and forced us to go beyond our limits, not only to hope, but to be creative in finding value and meaning even in unbearable pain, loss, illness, or rejection. — Danny Castillones Sillada, an existentialist and surrealist painter

Sometimes I wish I had not woken up from a beautiful dream, and continued dreaming within sleep upon sleep until I become a dream itself. Because sometimes waking up is more frightening than a nightmare.

Like a caterpillar that excruciatingly turns upside down inside a dark cocoon to transform into a beautiful butterfly, human consciousness must also undergo a similar process, evolving and becoming a rational and sensible being. It is a painful human awakening from ignorance to wisdom, from bigotry to tolerance, from indifference to empathy. (— Danny Castillones Sillada, The Sensation of Not Being Dead)

Even if the romantic concept of love loses its splendor and meaning, I’ll continue to love by engaging in a Sisyphean task of finding its sublime beauty from interminable meaninglessness, madness, and misery of loving.