Profound Quotes - Page 3

I have only to contemplate myself; man comes from nothing, passes through time, and disappears forever in the bosom of God. He is seen but for a moment wandering on the verge of two abysses, and then is lost.If man were wholly ignorant of himself he would have no poetry in him, for one cannot describe what one does not conceive. If he saw himself clearly, his imagination would remain idle and would have nothing to add to the picture. But the nature of man is sufficiently revealed for him to know something of himself and sufficiently veiled to leave much impenetrable darkness, a darkness in which he ever gropes, forever in vain, trying to understand himself.

We're very familiar with the idea that some things are so complex they're beyond our comprehension. This not only keeps us solving and experimenting but also distracted. Many things are really so simple we can't see them under our big noses.

The hope is indeed that some will experience and believe: The purpose of a number of spiritual gurus is to demonstrate to God-fearing men faux spirituality.

The world economy would collapse if a significant number of people were to realize and then act on the realization that it is possible to enjoy many if not most of the things that they enjoy without first having to own them.

Some people masturbate to temporarily replace their partners when they are absent, whereas some people do that to temporarily live in the present.

you are here.the moontides are here.and that’s all that matters.

I believe that this is the time to become warriors for peace and dialogue, not warmongers or mere worriers.

Happiness is like good health: when you have it, you don’t notice it. But as the years go by, oh, the memories, the memories of happiness past!

MISTEND MINDSETManipulate suicidal thoughts to manufacture life-coping tools

Purgatory surpasses heaven and hell in poetry, because it represents a future and the others do not.

A relationship is likely to last way longer, if each partner convinces or has convinced themselves that they do not deserve their partner, even if that is not true.

During these hard times in the world we should always remember to keep our families and friends close.

Adults who use big words in order to seem intelligent are annoying, especially those who are not intelligent.

Greed is a contagious mental illness without which civilization as we know it would not have been possible.

Those who know that they are profound strive for clarity. Those who would like to seem profound to the crowd strive for obscurity.

A sign of a lover of wisdom is his delight in not running his mouth about things he doesn't know.

Speaking less and doing more says more.

Many millions of pregnancies—many if not most of which have each led to the birth of at least one child—were each used as nothing but a conspicuous means to a secret end called the evasion of abortion.

Most sane human beings who are over the age of six usually act or react not as per what they genuinely feel or really think but in accordance with the expectations of those around them.

Be broken and pride will have no vessel.

Taking LSD was a profound experience, one of the most important things in my life. LSD shows you that there’s another side to the coin, and you can’t remember it when it wears off, but you know it. It reinforced my sense of what was important—creating great things instead of making money, putting things back into the stream of history and of human consciousness as much as I could.

What is it about the sea? Is it because it’s there?

Just please understand that everyone is going through a rough time as well. Even if they are hiding behind money or a simple smile. We are all continuously stumbling as we go about our lives. If we had perfect lives we'd all be perfect people. Only thing we can learn to do is endure or we will not be happy and happiness is the closest thing to perfect.

It is a fact: Of all the people we ever know in our lifetime, the only thing we have in common with them is a handful of shared experiences.

Overcoming negative experiences defines character and increases wisdom.

If you do a good deed to reap the reward of blessings, wouldn't you be performing a selfish act?

Does wanting to die equal losing your mind?

The deepness of your mind produces the thickness of your thoughts.

A library in the middle of a community is a cross between an emergency exit, a life raft and a festival. They are cathedrals of the mind; hospitals of the soul; theme parks of the imagination.

People are shaped by their emotions. That which profoundly affects them has a place in their hearts.

Patriotism is the narcissism of countries.

CRITIC OR CITRIC?Anagram of ordinary passing judgement on talentedKamil Ali

A story so cherished it has to be dressed in casualness to disguise its significance in case the listener turned out to be unsympathetic.

it’s miraculous how the shallow can injure in such a profound way.

ASSERT -Always Stand Strong, Evoking Respect Tacitly

The desert and the ocean are realms of desolation on the surface.The desert is a place of bones, where the innards are turned out, to desiccate into dust.The ocean is a place of skin, rich outer membranes hiding thick juicy insides, laden with the soup of being.Inside out and outside in. These are worlds of things that implode or explode, and the only catalyst that determines the direction of eco-movement is the balance of water.Both worlds are deceptive, dangerous. Both, seething with hidden life.The only veil that stands between perception of what is underneath the desolate surface is your courage.Dare to breach the surface and sink.

Some women’s greatest achievement is sleeping with a man who is rich, famous, and/or wanted by many women, whereas some women’s greatest achievement is refusing to sleep with such a man.

After you hear and listen. First must come desire. Second must come willingness.Third should come understanding.Fourth should come progression and with progression will come more understanding..

may my faith always beat the end of the daylike a hummingbird...returningto its favorite flower.

Who knoweth if to die be but to live, and that called life by mortals be but death?

How satisfying it is to leave a mark on a blank surface. To make a map of my movement - no matter how temporary.

All things, even the deepest sorrow or the most profound happiness are all temporary. Hope is fuel for the soul, without hope, forward motion ceases.

CHALLENGE - Instead of losing motivation, empower yourself to prove detractors wrong

RELIGION OR COUNTRYOur allegiance may determine the fate of others

The fact that the person who you are sleeping with is also sleeping with another person or other people does not necessarily mean that he or she does not love you. And the fact that you are the only person who someone is sleeping with does not necessarily mean that he or she loves you.

Most human beings would have never been pained by the death of a human being if they had never seen a human being or pretending to be pained by that.

‎"Your heart is in your chest. It supplies the blood to your cells. Even if you don't think about it, your heart is always pumping. The heart is the most important organ in the body. Without it, you will die."'What grade are you teaching these days?' Joel asked. ' Because either this is really sad...or really profound.

With regard to things such as independence, mental capabilities, and sexuality, a very old man is nothing but a gigantic infant with white hair and wrinkles.

Art and love are the same thing: It’s the process of seeing yourself in things that are not you.

I imagine that the intelligent people are the ones so intelligent that they don't even need or want to look 'intelligent' anymore.

Crises marked by anxiety, doubt, and despair have always been those periods of personal unrest that occur at the times when a man is sufficiently unsettled to have an opportunity for personal growth. We must always see our own feelings of uneasiness as being our chance for "making the growth choice rather than the fear choice.

MIND & GRINDSelf-belief and hard work can propel you past more talented peers

When in court, the primary role of lawyers is not to prove or disprove innocence; unbeknown to almost all lawyers and their clients, it is to save the court time.

Among other possibilities, money was invented to make it possible for a foolish man to control wise men; a weak man, strong men; a child, old men; an ignorant man, knowledgeable men; and for a dwarf to control giants.

Famine sometimes increases the number of people who are overweight.

I guess when you'd lived as long, and pondered as much, as Old Tom had...a game of hopscotch could be more profound than village politics or gossip.

A truly compassionate man gives a poor woman a portion of his meal before he eats, not after he has eaten.

I looked at what he built, and to me it explained the stars.

I've seen so many versions of you. With me. Without me. Artist. Teacher. Graphic designer. But it's all, in the end, just life. We see it macro, like one big story, but when you're in it, it's all just day-to-day, right? And isn't that what you have to make your peace with?

WHO WHAT WHERE WHY WHENPersonality redefines character through phases of wisdom at different ages