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"Rather than turning away from the staggering scale and depth of misery caused by war, we must strive to develop our capacity to empathize and feel the sufferings of others."
"But in physics I soon learned to scent out the paths that led to the depths, and to disregard everything else, all the many things that clutter up the mind, and divert it from the essential. The hitch in this was, of course, the fact that one had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for the examination, whether one liked it or not."
"The gods approve The depth, and not the tumult, of the soul."
"In the mountain, stillness surges up to explore its own height In the lake, movement stands still to contemplate its own depth."
"Depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves."
"On top of the world, or in the depths of despair."
"Life can be difficult sometimes, it gets bumpy. What with family and kids and things not going exactly like you planned. But that's what makes it interesting. In life the first act is always exciting. The second act, that is where the depth comes in."
"The subliminal depths of radio are charged with the resonating echoes of tribal horns and antique drums. This is inherent in the very nature of this medium, with its power to turn the psyche and society into a single echo chamber."
"If we develop in-depth knowledge, it will enable us to give our best to others and help to make a better world."
"He is very fond of me, almost too fond. I could do with less caressing and more rationality. I should like to be less of a pet and more of a friend, if I might choose; but I won't complain of that: I am only afraid his affection loses in depth where it gains in ardour. I sometimes liken it to a fire of dry twigs and branches compared with one of solid coal, very bright and hot; but if it should burn itself out and leave nothing but ashes behind."
"The depth of the feeling continued to surprise and threaten me, but each time it hit again and I bore it...I would discover that it hadn't washed me away."
"Not only a truer knowledge, but a greater power comes to one in the quietude and silence of a mind that, instead of bubbling on the surface, can go to its own depths and listen."
"I hear a drum in my soul's ear coming from the depth of the stars."
"My belief is in the blood and flesh as being wiser than the intellect. The body-unconsciou s is where life bubbles up in us. It is how we know that we are alive, alive to the depths of our souls and in touch somewhere with the vivid reaches of the cosmos."
"Our vitality, and the vitality of each nation, rests on the sincerity and depth of the faith in the ideas which it announces, or pronounces."
"For it goes without saying that this great recognition at this time will aid tremendously our efforts to find the necessarily large funds for the next voyage of exploration farther into the depths of the atom."
"I saw within Its depth how It conceives All things in a single volume bound by Love of which the universe is the scattered leaves."
"We are all bodies of water, guarding the mystery of our depths, but some of us have more to guard than others."
"True worship is not just an emotional experience. It reaches to the very depths of our souls and touches every aspect of our being"
"Stir not murky waters if you know not the depth or the creatures that dwell beneath the surface."
