Profound Quotes

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If there is some profound method that offers a quick way, we would rather follow that than undertake arduous journeys and difficult practices. But some… — Chogyam Trungpa
Profound, bottomless self-doubt - it has no value - what's the point? In a way, it takes up as much time as anything else. — Jonathan Safran Foer
After a disaster such as Hurricane Katrina, the federal government has a profound obligation to help those in need, .. Right now, the victims of… — Dianne Feinstein
I think movies have much more magic than the theater. Theater can be a magical experience, but movies thrust their subjectivity on you in a… — Zoe Kazan
The life that intends to be wholly obedient, wholly submissive, wholly listening, is astonishing in its completeness. Its joys are ravishing, its peace profound, its… — Thomas Raymond Kelly
Today's announcement projects a picture of profound weakness in U.S. diplomacy. It should not have been a heavy lift for our diplomats in New York… — Tom Lantos
My parents were divorced and I didn't grow up with my father, but I spent a lot of time around him, and his influence on… — Laura Linney
Feminism is the most revolutionary idea there has ever been. Equality for women demands a change in the human psyche, more profound than anything Marx… — Polly Toynbee
Old age doth in sharp pains abound; We are belabored by the gout, Our blindness is a dark profound, Our deafness each one laughs about.… — Pierre-Jean de Beranger
To awaken to the absolute view is profound and transformative, but to awaken from all fixed points of view is the birth of true non-duality.… — Adyashanti
Philosophers and aestheticians may offer elegant and profound definitions of art and beauty, but for the painter they are all summed up in the phrase:… — Gino Severini
Most 'profound truths' are just timely ideas. — Walter Darby Bannard
As self-governing entities, artists have a profound interest in change. Embracing change, we embrace growth and we embrace our future. — Robert Genn
Profound ignorance makes a man dogmatic. The man who knows nothing thinks he is teaching others what he has just learned himself; the man who… — Jean de la Bruyere
The greatest secret for eliminating the infirmity complex, which is another term for deep and profound self-doubt, is to fill your mind to overflowing faith.… — Norman Vincent Peale
There is no estimating the wit and wisdom concealed and latent in our lower fellow mortals until made manifest by profound experiences; for it is… — John Muir
Life is the application of noble and profound ideas to life. — Matthew Arnold
God's poet is silence! His song is unspoken, And yet so profound, so loud, and so far, It fills you, it thrills you with measures… — Joaquin Miller
Though one may acquire much in wealth, fame, or honor, the real joy of life does not lie there but, rather, in keeping the romance… — Norman Vincent Peale
Taking LSD was a profound experience, one of the most important things in my life. — Steve Jobs
I'm extremely surprised to learn that a story, which has become familiar to children through the medium of comic strips and many succeeding novels and… — Orson Welles
The effort to lift one's self into perfect enlightenment is a profound thing. It has nothing to do with individual will. It's a refraction of… — Frederick Lenz
Through imagination, we can visit the past, contemplate the present, and anticipate the future. We can also do something else of profound and unique significance.… — Ken Robinson
We all have auras. But it's much easier to see the aura of someone who is in a state of samadhi or other profound state… — Frederick Lenz
The current economic crisis...has numerous causes and sends a powerful message about the need for a profound revision of the model of global economic development.… — Pope Benedict XVI

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