Profound Quotes

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To assert that the universe has a purpose implies the universe has intent. And intent implies a desired outcome. But who would do the desiring?… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
The urge to explore has propelled evolution since the first water creatures reconnoitered the land. Like all living systems, cultures cannot remain static; they evolve… — Buzz Aldrin
Synergy is what happens when one plus one equals ten or a hundred or even a thousand! It's the profound result when two or more… — Stephen Covey
The ad industry isn't struggling for a new set of principles or abandoning the ones that made it great from the start. It's simply in… — Rochelle B Lazarus
Today, because photography exercises such a profound influence upon the study of art, we tend to disregard the way in which prints continue to function… — Edward Lucie-Smith
Masonry was not made to divide men, but to unite them, leaving each man free to think his own thoughts and fashion his own system… — Joseph Fort Newton
It is clear that while science provides insights into the complexity of the world around us, those insights...present a fractured mosaic rather than a seamless… — David Suzuki
We are about to enter a new era in which, each year, less net energy will be available to humankind, regardless of our efforts or… — Richard Heinberg
If done correctly, these techniques can allow the Bobo pilgrim to have 6 unforgettable moments a morning, 2 rapturous experiences over lunch, 1,5 profound insights… — David Brooks
I am sure I have heard this several times from places I can't recall, but it's not already in the Gaia Quotes database, so I… — Robert Frost
Idealism is frequently another word for self-righteousness, a disease that can only be corrected by a profound understanding power in its complete sense. — George Friedman
What we ask of music, first and last, is that it communicate experience - experience of all kinds, vital and profound at its greatest, amusing… — Roger Sessions
There is in all our strivings a profound homesickness for God. When we touch another we touch God. When we look at a flower, its… — Stephen Levine
The priest knows, as every one knows, that there is no longer any "God," or any "sinner," or any "Saviour" that "free will" and the… — Friedrich Nietzsche
I'm such a profound believer that timing is everything; I would tattoo that on my arm. — Drew Barrymore
For me and Michelle, this visit has therefore held special meaning. Throughout my life, including my work as a young man on behalf of the… — Barack Obama
The profound mistake of Reverend Wright's sermons is not that he spoke about racism in our society. It's that he spoke as if our society… — Barack Obama
Mourning is one of the most profound human experiences that it is possible to have... — Edwin S. Shneidman
The most profound things are inexpressible. — Jenny Holzer
If you pay attention to the movies they will tell you what people desire and fear. Movies are hardly ever about what they seem to… — Roger Ebert
Advent's intention is to awaken the most profound and basic emotional memory within us, namely, the memory of the God who became a child. This… — Pope Benedict XVI
Profound and powerful forces are shaking and remaking our world. And the urgent question of our time is whether we can make change our friend… — William J. Clinton
What is needed now is a transformation of the major systems of production more profound than even the sweeping post-World War II changes in production… — Barry Commoner
I have a profound belief in the power of the Sacraments. I believe that in a Divine way the use of them teaches the teachable… — Roland Allen
As our world becomes smaller, through a growing common culture, the true test of community will be our tolerance for our most profound differences and… — Wayne Teasdale

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