Profound Quotes - page 6

Quite possibly, the purpose of the universe is to provide a congenial home for self-conscious creatures who can ask profound questions and who can probe the nature of the universe itself. (Owen Gingerich)
We know that peace is only possible when it is the fruit of justice. True peace is a profound transformation by means of the force of nonviolence that is the power of love. View quote
Adolfo Perez Esquivel
She stays in the same spot, anchored by the profound, desperate loneliness of a bad relationship. View quote
David Levithan
Here's my rule: You always want to pay cash for your own books, because if they look at the name on the credit card and then they look at the name on the book jacket, then there's this look of such profound sympathy for you that you had to resort to this. It really is withering. View quote
Carl Hiaasen
Women seem not to understand, or underestimate, the profound power they have over their husbands. View quote
Laura Schlessinger
I'm involved in so many different things, and there are so many profound reactions to what I do because I am big counter culture. View quote
Laura Schlessinger
As animals, we walk the earth. As bearers of divine essence, we are among the stars. As human beings, we are caught in the middle, seeking to reconcile the paradox of how to make our way upon earth while striving for something more permanent and more profound. View quote
B.K.S. Iyengar
I wanted to see if the American man in plain brown pants and a bare torso could speak profound things. View quote
Ted Shawn
We found that just by the way we stood, affected women dramatically, and if you look at our show, you'll see that we always stood with our legs open our fists on hips and our bat bulges forward, which had a profound effect on women! View quote
Burt Ward
‎"Those who give up dreams, do injury to their own hearts and cannot possibly enjoy a profound sense of fulfillment in the end. View quote
Daisaku Ikeda
It is our failure to become our perceived ideal that ultimately defines us and makes us unique. It's not easy, but if you accept your misfortune and handle it right your perceived failure can become a catalyst for profound re-invention. (Conan O'Brien)
That profound night freedom was agreeable and exciting. View quote
Carmen Laforet
I think 'Make love, not war' might be the most profound statement that's ever been made. View quote
Jorja Fox
I do believe that there are some universal cognitive tasks that are deep and profound - indeed, so deep and profound that it is worthwhile to understand them in order to design our displays in accord with those tasks. View quote
Edward R. Tufte
It was implicitly supposed that every living thing was distinctively plant or animal; that there were real and profound differences between the two, if only they could be seized. View quote
Asa Gray
Aside from what it teaches you, there is simply the indescribable degree of peace that can be achieved on a sailing vessel at sea. I guess a combination of hard work and the seemingly infinite expanse of the sea - the profound solitude - that does it for me. View quote
Billy Campbell
Maybe subconsciously I've kept activism separate from acting because it's important to me in a more profound way. View quote
Blythe Danner
Obviously, there has to be a profound change in direction. Otherwise, interest on the national debt will start eating up virtually every penny that we have. View quote
Bobby Scott
Major problem for Black women, and all people of color, when we are challenged to oppose anti-Semitism, is our profound skepticism that white people can actually be oppressed. View quote
Barbara Smith
In certain strains of Judaism, there's a profound passion for the ineffable. Contemplation of God is meant to be forever elusive, because, you know, our tiny minds can't possibly comprehend Him. If we find ourselves comprehending Him, then we can be sure we're off track. View quote
Ben Marcus
In the early days, I often felt that I was taking a math test when we were playing. It was a profound feeling of having to prove myself. (Chris Stein)
Bambi has a profound effect on children because it's about losing your mother. View quote
Christine Baranski
I considered Nat King Cole to be a friend and, in many ways, a mentor. He always had words of profound advice. View quote
Diahann Carroll
I think my Buddhist practice has a profound influence on my life and encompasses my creative projects. View quote
Duncan Sheik
For one thing, I don't think art needs to be about suffering; sometimes it really seems like it's only the art about pain that is interpreted as profound, and in my work for years I've really tried to deal with subjects that are substantial, not just fluffy, but presented in a more playful, approachable kind of way. View quote
Ellen Forney