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"Our scars reveal who we are. The fact that we have experienced profound suffering in life—the fact that we carry what may seem to be unsightly scars—does not disqualify us from following Jesus. It may be precisely what qualifies us."
"Profound joy of the heart is like a magnet that indicates the path of life."
"It is clear that a poem may be improperly brief. Undue brevity degenerates into mere epigrammatism. A very short poem, while now and then producing a brilliant or vivid, never produces a profound or enduring, effect. There must be the steady pressing down of the stamp upon the wax."
"In [chess], where the pieces have different and "bizarre" motions, with various and variable values, what is only complex, is mistaken (a not unusual error) for what is profound"
"When sometimes, behind his back, they called him a tyrant, he merely smiled and uttered this profound observation: If some day I turn liberal, they will say I have let them down."
"I got involved with classical music when I was in high school and it's followed me throughout my entire life and probably had a profound effect on my life."
"Profound music leads us beyond language...to the dark roots of our scream and the celestial heights of our silence."
"The more intense has been the religion of any period and the more profound has been the dogmatic belief, the greater has been the cruelty and the worse has been the state of affairs."
"His (God) love is not a passing fancy or superficial emotion; it is a profound and unshakable commitment that seeks what is best for us."
"Ethics are complete, profound and alive only when addressed to all living beings. Only then are we in spiritual connection with the world. Any philosophy not representing this, not based on the indefinite totality of life, is bound to disappear."
"Health is wholeness--wholeness in its most profound sense, with nothing left out and everything in just the right order to manifest the mystery of balance. Far from being simply the absence of disease, health is a dynamic and harmonious equilibrium of all the elements and forces making up and surrounding a human being."
"Music is the answer to the mystery of life. The most profound of all the arts, It expresses the deepest thoughts of life."
"I think that the Internet is our most profound and beautiful achievement. It is magnificent. We have the Internet as a layer of our thinking that doesn't control us, we control it, yet we don't have to be aware of it. It will be like a suit that really fits well."
"A bird sings, a child prattles, but it is the same hymn; hymn indistinct, inarticulate, but full of profound meaning."
"In analysing history do not be too profound, for often the causes are quite superficial."
"Yet some natures are too good to be spoiled by praise, and wherever the vein of thought reaches down into the profound, there is no danger from vanity. Solemn friends will warn them of the danger of the head's being turned by the flourish of trumpets, but they can afford to smile."
"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 meaning."
"Gandhi said 'One cannot do right in one area of life whilst he is occupied in doing wrong in another; Life is one indivisible whole.' This point of wisdom is profound. A commitment to excellence is not just reserved for a few select areas of your life - it must be reflected in everything you do. Your diet must reflect your commitment to excellence. Your physique must reflect your commitment to excellence. Your personal habits must reflect your commitment to excellence and your thoughts must reflect a commitment to excellence."
"If one desires to receive one must first give. This is called profound understanding."
"What a profound significance small things assume when the woman we love conceals them from us."
