Profound Quotes

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To congratulate oneself on one's warm commitment to the environment, or to peace, or to the oppressed, and think no more is a profound moral… — Robert Conquest
Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche has a remarkable ability to present the wisdom of the Buddha's teachings in a manner that is as fresh and accessible as… — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
In parallel with the development of my interests in technical gadgetry I began to acquire a profound love of and respect for the natural world… — Robert B. Laughlin
When we read with attention the poetical and philosophical monuments of the East--above all, those of India, which are beginning to spread in Europe--we discover… — Victor Cousin
I believe we have a profound fundamental need for areas of the earth where we stand without our mechanisms that make us immediate masters over… — Howard Zahniser
The mystique and the false glamour of the writing profession grow partly out of a mistaken belief that people who can express profound ideas and… — Janet Burroway
The heart of mathematics consists of concrete examples and concrete problems. Big general theories are usually afterthoughts based on small but profound insights; the insights… — Paul Halmos
Physics is an otherworld thing, it requires a taste for things unseen, even unheard of- a high degree of abstraction... These faculties die off somehow… — Isidor Isaac Rabi
The essence of profound insight is simplicity. — James C. Collins
Profound virtue is indeed deep and wide. It leads all things back to the great order. — Laozi
Seal the openings, shut the doors, dull the sharpness, untie the knots, dim the light, become one with the dust. This is called the profound… — Laozi
Ancient masters of excellence had a subtle essence, and a depth too profound to comprehend. — Laozi
All the things of the universe are perfect miracles, each as profound as any. — Walt Whitman
Given currency by Jrgen Habermas in the late l980s, 'constitutional patriotism' has emerged as an appealing principle for post-national political allegiance. Jan-Werner Mller traces the… — Charles S. Maier
With a profound first-hand knowledge of participants, encompassing linguistic competence, and engaging prose, Padraic Kenney recreates the simultaneously serious and playful currents of East Europe's… — Charles S. Maier
The Holy Bible is an abyss. It is impossible to explain how profound it is, impossible to explain how simple it is. — Ernest Hello
One person can have a profound effect on another. And two people...well, two people can work miracles. They can change a whole town. They can… — Andrew Schneider
Working in the garden . . . gives me a profound feeling of inner peace. Nothing here is in a hurry. There is no rush… — Ruth Stout
If humankind - from humble farmers in the fields and toiling workers in the cities to teachers, people of independent means, those who have reached… — Camille Flammarion
Some of the most remarkable and profound worship encounters I've experienced have happened in churches with no production, no lighting, no exciting visuals or amplification,… — Tim Hughes
Maybe subconsciously I've kept activism separate from acting because it's important to me in a more profound way. — Blythe Danner
If leadership requires a fired-up sense of purpose and imagination, it also demands a profound connection to the society to be led. — George Takei
Anyone who ever wondered how much they could love a child who did not spring from their own loins, know this: it is the same.… — Nia Vardalos
What we see at the cross is the white-hot revelation of the character of God, of his love providing the price that holiness requires. The… — David F. Wells
Why do men learn through pain and suffering, and not through pleasure and happiness? Very simply, because pleasure and happiness accustom one to satisfaction with… — Seraphim Rose

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