Profound Quotes

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Every mission constitutes a pledge of duty. Every man is bound to consecrate his every faculty to its fulfilment. He will derive his rule of… — Giuseppe Mazzini
Every profound dissatisfaction is of a religious nature: our failures derive from our incapacity to conceive of paradise and to aspire to it, as our… — Emile M. Cioran
Rule One. You must know the difference between an asset and a liability, and buy assets. If you want to be rich, this is all… — Robert Kiyosaki
Ask a scientist a very profound question on his science, and he will be silent. Ask a religious person a very simple question on his… — Kedar Joshi
The existence of God is not logically necessary, and yet, on the basis of some profound peculiar empirical order in the universe, it seems that… — Kedar Joshi
By taking the time to live life in the slow lane, we quickly experience a deeper, more profound experience of contentment. — Michael Neill
The discovery which has been pointed to by theory is always one of profound interest and importance, but it is usually the close and crown… — Oliver Lodge
Ancient wisdom offers . . . a simple yet profound formula to guide everyone who leads, anyone who aspires to leadership: 'Do justly, love mercy,… — Wayne D. Dosick
We had learned how to invent things, and the question of why we invent things receded in importance. The idea that if something could be… — Neil Postman
Now imagine that you are going beneath the surface of the ocean. Below the surface all is calm, silent, and serene. As you visualize yourself… — Frederick Lenz
Profound things are simple. If it is not simple, it cannot be true. But simple things are difficult. — Douglas Harding
I want to have enough space to, I don't know, think thoughts. I mean, I just - I don't know that I'm capable of having… — David Plotz
Many a writer seems to think he is never profound except when he can't understand his own meaning. — George D. Prentice
Clearness ornaments profound thoughts. — Luc de Clapiers
Those in blue suits who use thinly veiled race symbols -- when they say welfare and crime and three strikes and anti- affirmative action --… — Jesse Jackson
I do love My country's good with a respect more tender, More holy and profound, then mine own life, My dear wife's estimate, her womb… — William Shakespeare
There are greater depths and obscurities, greater intricacies and perplexities, in an elaborate and well-written piece of nonsense, than in the most abstruse and profound… — Joseph Addison
We get no good By being ungenerous, even to a book, And calculating profits--so much help By so much reading. It is rather when We… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Grief can have a quality of profound healing because we are forced to a depth of feeling that is usually below the threshold of awareness. — Stephen Levine
Capitalism in the United States has undergone profound modification, not just under the New Deal but through a consensus that continued to grow after the… — Norman Cousins
Inspiration arrived as a result of profound indolence... I awoke with a start and witnessed as from a seat in a theatre, three acts of… — Jean Cocteau
Instead, the two parties should be almost identical, so that the American people can ‘throw the rascals out’ at any election without leading to any… — Carroll Quigley
One by one the objects are defined? It quickens: clarity, outline of leaf But now the stark dignity of entrance?Still, the profound change has come… — William Carlos Williams
The point is that profound but contradictory ideas may exist side by side, if they are constructed from different materials and methods. and have different… — Neil Postman
Combien de gens se font abstraits pour para?tre profonds! La plupart des termes abstraits sont des ombres qui cachent des vides. How many people become… — Joseph Joubert

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