Profound Quotes

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The more profound problem, however, is the degree to which many academic intellectuals, especially in the humanities, have lost their ability to distinguish the 'state'… — Stephen D. Cox
We may be thankful that frightened civil authorities ... have not managed to eradicate from the country the tradition of the possession and use of… — John Steinbeck
Profound insights arise only in debate, with a possibility of counterargument, only when there is a possibility of expressing not only correct ideas but also… — Andrei Sakharov
Pythagoras was the first to introduce vegetarianism to the West. It is of profound depth for man to learn how to live in friendship with… — Rajneesh
Great art grabs you, against your will, and then suspends your will. You are ushered into a quiet clearing, free of desire, free of grasping,… — Ken Wilber
By speaking of greater forces than we can possibly invoke, and by confronting us with greater spans of time than we can possibly envisage, mountains… — Robert Macfarlane
My nun, which is how I think of her, was the most profound witness for God's love I've ever encountered in this world. She was… — Cathleen Falsani
What profound reward you must glean from studying the world so closely....Too many people turn away from small wonders, I find. There is so much… — Elizabeth Gilbert
The greatest ideas, the most profound thoughts, and the most beautiful poetry are born from the womb of silence — William Arthur Ward
In terms of you happiness, in terms of the matters that make you proud or sad, nothing-I repeat, nothing-will have so profound an effect on… — Gordon B. Hinckley
Today, more pastors than ever need profound encouragement and rejuvenation. — Will Graham
My idea of philosophy is that if it is not relevant to human problems, if it does not tell us how we can go about… — Angela Davis
Human nature seems to me like the Alps. The depths are profound, black as night, and terrifying, but the heights are equally real, uplifted in… — Emily Greene Balch
It's often the case that great artists - people like Bruce Springsteen - tend to pick up the subterranean rumblings of profound social change long… — Wayne Swan
Everything that is profound loves the mask: the profoundest things have a hatred even of figure and likeness. — Friedrich Nietzsche
My central arms control objective has been to reduce substantially and ultimately to eliminate nuclear weapons and rid the world of the nuclear threat. The… — Ronald Reagan
What you really have to know is one: yourself. And the only way you can know that one is in the mirror of the others.… — Archibald MacLeish
Dr. Lipsenthal is a profound explorer of our inner and outer worlds. Enjoy Every Sandwich will help you heal your fear of death and embrace… — Edgar Mitchell
I am patient and am waiting for a profound revolution in the consciousness of the Israelis. The Arabs are ready to accept a strong Israel… — Mahmoud Darwish
Thats the way it is with poetry: When it is incomprehensible it seems profound, and when you understand it, it is only ridiculous. — Galway Kinnell
We have an opportunity for everyone in the world to have access to all the world's information. This has never before been possible. Why is… — Eric Schmidt
I seek the real stuff of life. Profound drama. — Anais Nin
Order and disorder, form and formless must have profound psychological roots, nervous roots. — Delmore Schwartz
In the opening chapters of the Book of Revelation the Apostle John tells us how on the Isle of Patmos he was given an awesome… — Roy Hession
Cocteau is someone who has made such a profound impression on me that there's no doubt he's influenced every one of my films. — Jacques Rivette

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