Profound Quotes

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Authentic happiness is not linked to an activity; it is a state of being, a profound emotional balance struck by a subtle understanding of how… — Matthieu Ricard
School feeding not only fills stomachs, but has a proven track record of boosting enrollment, attendance and academic performance. For just pennies a day per… — Drew Barrymore
Between now and 2015, we must make sure that promises made become promises kept. The consequences of doing otherwise are profound: death, illness and despair,… — Ban Ki-moon
As poverty has been reduced in terms of mere survival, it has become more profound in terms of our way of life. — Raoul Vaneigem
... In contrast to the "banality of evil," which posits that ordinary people can be responsible for the most despicable acts of cruelty and degradation… — Philip Zimbardo
In his play depicting the Salem Witch Trials, the author illustrates profound psychological bullying. The ringleader of young girls suspected of unsavory conduct, frightens her… — Arthur Miller
Beware of that profound enemy of the free enterprise system who pays lip-service to free competition, but also labels every antitrust prosecution as a persecution. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Many a profound genius, I suppose, who fills the world with fame of his exploding renowned errors, is yet everyday posed and baffled by trivial… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
But science can only be created by those who are thoroughly imbued with the aspiration toward truth and understanding. This source of feeling, however, springs… — Albert Einstein
The profound thinker always suspects that he is superficial. — Benjamin Disraeli
Few people realize the profound part angelic forces play in human events. — Billy Graham
Whatever sphere we may be in, there is a profound joy in the realization that we are helping to form the structure of the new… — Rollo May
My mom is one of 14 children. She's a great lady. She's a Taurus. Has been a profound influence in my life, still is to… — Julius Erving
We are awakened to the profound realization that the true path to liberation is to let go of everything. — Jack Kornfield
Afflictions make the heart more deep, more experimental, more knowing and profound, and so, more able to hold, to contain, and beat more. — John Bunyan
We have three approaches at our disposal: the observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation serves to assemble the data, reflection to synthesise them and… — John Dewey
The artificial products do not have any molecular dissymmetry; and I could not indicate the existence of a more profound separation between the products born… — Louis Pasteur
I am of the African race, and in the colour which is natural to them of the deepest dye; and it is under a sense… — Benjamin Banneker
I cannot anyhow be contented to view this wonderful universe, and especially the nature of man, and to conclude that everything is the result of… — Charles Darwin
She has got to have command of her body. So when she goes out into the world, she's going out with a command that is… — Will Smith
Violence against women is learned. Each of us must examine - and change - the way in which our own behavior might contribute to, enable,… — Patrick Stewart
As men, we all have something to give. We all have the power to do our own part to stop the global pandemic of violence… — Richard Branson
If you're someone who genuinely believes that women don't deserve or aren't as much as men, you're like the plague. On the big history chart,… — Joss Whedon
How do women still go out guys, when you consider that there is no greater threat to women than men? We're the number one threat… — Louis C. K.
There's a long, long history of women suffering abuse, injustice, and not having the same opportunities as men, and I think that's been very detrimental… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt

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