Profound Quotes

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Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act. — Truman Capote
If you are ever in doubt as to whether to kiss a pretty girl, always give her the benefit of the doubt. — Thomas Carlyle
If we can take young people who excel at the highest levels, put them on the same kind of pedestal as the all-state basketball player… — Benjamin Carson
Billy Graham is one of my great lifetime heroes. I think he epitomizes the essence of what a Christian leader should be. I have participated… — Jimmy Carter
Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it. — Winston Churchill
Clarity is the counterbalance of profound thoughts. — Luc de Clapiers
Most of the time I don't have much fun. The rest of the time I don't have any fun at all. — Woody Allen
When does life start? When does it end? Who makes these decisions?... Every day, in hospitals and homes and hospices... people are struggling with those… — Hillary Clinton
I want no epitaphs of profound history and all that type of thing. I contributed. I would hope they would say that, and I would… — Brian Clough
For a successful revolution it is not enough that there is discontent. What is required is a profound and thorough conviction of the justice, necessity… — B R Ambedkar
In the 21st century, I believe the mission of the United Nations will be defined by a new, more profound awareness of the sanctity and… — Kofi Annan
If we don't rededicate ourselves to education with the same attitude Americans have applied to going to the moon and fighting wars, the results will… — Meg Whitman
The recurrence of a phenomenon like Edison is not very likely. The profound change of conditions and the ever increasing necessity of theoretical training would… — Nikola Tesla
Tantra is the hot blood of spiritual practice. It smashes the taboo against unreasonable happiness; a thunderbolt path, swift, joyful, and fierce. There is no… — Chogyam Trungpa
War is a barbaric tool of the war profiteers and Empires who employ them. War pits young people from the working class against other similarly… — Cindy Sheehan
God has special confidences for each soul. Indeed, it would seem as though the deepest truths came only in moments of profound devotional silence and… — Charles Brent
How do people go to sleep? I'm afraid I've lost the knack. I might try busting myself smartly over the temple with the night-light. I… — Dorothy Parker
Hippy is an establishment label for a profound, invisible, underground, evolutionary process. For every visible hippy, barefoot, beflowered, beaded, there are a thousand invisible members… — Timothy Leary
Mourning is one of the most profound human experiences that it is possible to have... The deep capacity to weep for the loss of a… — Edwin S. Shneidman
Mediation and reconciliation work is about a profound quest for justice and social transformation. But at the same time, they are about service, solidarity, about… — Hizkias Assefa

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