Profound Quotes

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Ultimately, 'how's it going?' is the most futile and the most profound of questions. To answer it precisely, one would have to make a scrupulous… — Pascal Bruckner
The point of departure for my creation was not primarily the destiny of the sixteen Carmelites of Compiègne but the figure of the young Blanche.… — Gertrud von Le Fort
The link between literacy and revolutions is a well-known historical phenomenon. The three great revolutions of modern European history -- the English, the French and… — Orlando Figes
The most profound technologies are those that disappear. They weave themselves into the fabric of everyday life until they are indistinguishable from it. — Mark Weiser
The angels in heaven covered their eyes with their hands and sobbed loudly, because that is what they always do when a man hits his… — Guus Kuijer
Deeply affecting and compulsively readable, The Fifty-First State displays Lisa Borders' emotional acuity, first-rate skills as a storyteller, and profound empathy not only for her… — Unknown Author
I considered Nat King Cole to be a friend and, in many ways, a mentor. He always had words of profound advice. — Diahann Carroll
There are all kinds of ways to challenge ourselves. Some people do it by climbing a mountain or scuba diving. The most profound and challenging… — Graham Hancock
Rethinking the future: It is a profound challenge, at the end of an era of cheap oil and materials to rethink and redesign how we… — Ellen MacArthur
Nature yields her most profound secrets to the person who is determined to uncover them. — Napoleon Hill
With the beginning of a great & compassionate love, comes the growth of one's heart, and with that, a profound inner change. The way to… — Irwin Corey
Time, we know, is relative. You can travel light years through the stars and back, and if you do it at the speed of light… — Douglas Adams
My cloud photographs are equivalents of my most profound life experiences, my basic philosophy of life. All art is an equivalent of the artist’s most… — Alfred Stieglitz
A quote that I like very much comes close to explaining my attitude about taking photographs. ‘Chinese poetry rarely trespasses beyond the bounds of actuality… — Stephen Shore
There are certain common privileges of a writer, the benefit whereof, I hope, there will be no reason to doubt; particularly, that where I am… — Jonathan Swift
We come together only to go apart again. The law of life can't be avoided. The law comes into operation the moment we detach ourselves… — R.K. Narayan
Thunder is no longer the voice of an angry god... No river contains a spirit... no snake the embodiment of wisdom, no mountain cave the… — Carl Jung
People’s beliefs about their abilities have a profound effect on those abilities. — Albert Bandura
Profound boredom, drifting here and there in the abysses of our existence like a muffling fog, removes all things and men and oneself along with… — Martin Heidegger
Spirit is like the wind, in that we can't see it but can see its effects, which are profound. — Jimmy Carter
We also share a profound desire for a lasting peace in the Middle East. My Administration is dedicated to achieving this goal, one which will… — George H. W. Bush
I have always considered imaginative truth to be more profound, more loaded with significance, than every day reality... Everything we dream about, and by that… — Eugene Ionesco
The trouble with paternalists is that they want to make impossibly profound changes, and they choose impossibly superficial means for doing so. — Jane Jacobs
For as long as I can remember, I have been inspired by the achievement of our Founding Fathers. They set forth principles that have endured… — Sonia Sotomayor
When the voice and the vision on the inside is more profound, and more clear and loud than all opinions on the outside, you've begun… — Dr. John

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