Profound Quotes

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He awoke, opened his eye. The room meant very little to him; he was too deeply immersed in the non-being from which he had just… — Paul Bowles
Most inexperienced cooks believe, mistakenly, that a fine cake is less challenging to produce than a fine souffle or mousse. I know, however, that a… — Julia Glass
All profound distraction opens certain doors. You have to allow yourself to be distracted when you are unable to concentrate. — Julio Cortazar
He was a physicist, more precisely an astrophysicist, diligent and eager but without illusions: the Truth lay beyond, inaccessible to our telescopes, accessible to the… — Primo Levi
We recognize that all knowledge is mediated through the body and that feeling is a profound source of information about our lives — Audre Lorde
I was on the verge of something numinous and profound and in one more second the universe was going to crack open and arcana would… — Kate Atkinson
Now death is uncool, old-fashioned. To my mind the defining characteristic of our era is spin, everything tailored to vanishing point by market research, brands… — Tana French
If God had perceived that our greatest need was economic, he would have sent an economist. If he had perceived that our greatest need was… — D. A. Carson
Everyday we slaughter our finest impulses. That is why we get a heartache when we read the lines written by the hand of a master… — Henry Miller
Sometimes when she is able to spend the night with him they are wakened by the three minarets of the city beginning their prayers before… — Michael Ondaatje
Why is it that sometimes our prayers seem not to be answered? This is a manifestation of the Buddha's wisdom, so that we can deepen… — Daisaku Ikeda
A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive. — Erica Jong
Whether I like it or not, most of my images of what various historical periods feel, smell, or sound like were acquired well before I… — Lauren Willig
Love is that condition in the human spirit so profound that it allows me to survive, and better than that, to thrive with passion, compassion,… — Maya Angelou
She smiled at him, making sure that the smile gathered up everything inside her and directed it toward him, making him a profound promise of… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
It's an universal law-- intolerance is the first sign of an inadequate education. An ill-educated person behaves with arrogant impatience, whereas truly profound education breeds… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
If we abide by the principles taught in the Bible, our country will go on prospering and to prosper; but if we and our posterity… — Daniel Webster
In the first place, [his eyes] never laughed when he laughed. Have you ever noticed this peculiarity some people have? It is either the sign… — Mikhail Lermontov
It's a fairly accurate portrait of me at eighteen, minus a few quirks like reckless driving and eating binges. It's accurate but it isn't profound. — Susanna Kaysen
Adam is crying and somewhere inside of me I am crying, too, because I'm feeling things at last. I'm feeling not just the physical pain,… — Gayle Forman
There, in the center of that silence was not eternity but the death of time and a loneliness so profound the word itself had no… — Toni Morrison
Each day is a miracle that intoxicates me. I want more. I greet every morning like a new pleasure. And yet I am keenly aware… — Malika Oufkir
Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know more. — Confucius
I was enjoying myself now. I had taken two finger bowls of champagne and the scene had changed before my eyes into something significant, elemental… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
No pill can help me deal with the problem of not wanting to take pills; likewise, no amount of psychotherapy alone can prevent my manias… — Kay Redfield Jamison

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