Depth Quotes

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All day, the colors had been those of dusk, mist moving like a water creature across the great flanks of mountains possessed of ocean shadows… — Kiran Desai
Only those will apprehend religion who can probe its depth, who can combine intuition and love with the rigor of method — Abraham Joshua Heschel
The measure of a Christian is not in the height of his grasp but in the depth of his love — Clarence Jordan
The light of truth burns without a flicker in the depths of a house that is shaken with storms of passion and fear. — Thomas Merton
That's the nature of being a parent, Sabine has discovered. You'll love your children far more than you ever loved your parents, and -- in… — Ursula Hegi
It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence to be ever in view, and which should be… — Abraham Lincoln
...our enjoyment of the great works of literature depends more upon the depth of our sympathy than upon our understanding. — Helen Keller
For, after all, every one who wishes to gain true knowledge must climb the Hill Difficulty alone, and since there is no royal road to… — Helen Keller
...Nobody knows like a woman how to say things that are both sweet and profound. Sweetness and depth, this is all of woman; this is… — Victor Hugo
Idleness, pleasure, what abysses! To do nothing is a dreary course to take, be sure of it. To live idle upon the substance of society!… — Victor Hugo
I have good reason to be content, for thank God I can read and perhaps understand Shakespeare to his depths. — John Keats
The truth is always an abyss. One must â€” as in a swimming pool â€” dare to dive from the quivering springboard of trivial everyday… — Franz Kafka
The black sky was underpinned with long silver streaks that looked like scaffolding and depth on depth behind it were thousands of stars that all… — Flannery O'Connor
But if we are truly happy inside, then age brings with it a maturity, a depth, and a power that only magnifies our radiance. — David Deida
Affliction hardens and discourages us because, like a red hot iron, it stamps the soul to its very depths with the scorn, the disgust, and… — Simone Weil
I will have nothing to do with a God who cares only occasionally. I need a God who is with us always, everywhere, in the… — Madeleine L'Engle
If there be light, then there is darkness; if cold, heat; if height, depth; if solid, fluid; if hard, soft; if rough, smooth; if calm,… — Pythagoras
When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks Like a King What He Knows Throws the Blows When He Goes to the Fight and He'll… — Fiona Apple
There's a certain class of people who will do you in and then remain completely mystified by the depth of your pain. — Sue Grafton
How can the mind take hold of such a country? Generations of invaders have tried, but they remain in exile. The important towns they build… — E. M. Forster

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