Profound Quotes

I can understand backward patriarchal reasoning coming from a male, but from a woman - and of all people, a leader of women? It says something profound about leadership - and, if anything - what it says about followers is not very flattering at all.

~ Christina Engela

Be careful not to appear obsessively intellectual. When intelligence fills up, it overflows a parody.

~ Criss Jami

And if I was bewildered through those decades, totally bewildered, so was the country I came from. The majority, what was the phrase? 'Condemn utterly what is happening, this barbarity.' But that's all we did. Condemn. And march. But not often enough.

~ Josephine Hart

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.

~ Joel T. Mcgrath

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

~ Saim .A. Cheeda

Hands. Cheeks. Eyes. Lips.Neck. Ears.Thighs.Heart. Soul.Ahh!the things I get tosavor you with.

~ Sanober Khan

It is not until much later, as the skin sags and the heart weakens, that children understand; their stories, and all their accomplishments, sit atop the stories of their mothers and fathers, stones upon stones, beneath the waters of their lives.

~ Mitch Albom

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

~ Michael Bassey Johnson

POLISH your MIND to reflect the shimmering BEAUTY of your WORDS and ACTIONS.

~ Michael Bassey Johnson

Pretentiousness isn't always just big words and meaningless jargon, but also pretty words that either when put into action don't mean beans or hurt you in the long run. Oftentimes, the former appeals to the intellect whereas the latter appeals to the heart.

~ Criss Jami

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

~ Kamil Ali

LINK OUT OF SYNCWhen the mind fails to keep pace with the body's maturityKamil Ali

~ Kamil Ali

We cannot begin to define God's knowledge. We know, simply and profoundly, that nothing is hidden from Him or incomprehensible to Him.

~ Elizabeth George

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.

~ Vera Nazarian

Overcoming negative experiences defines character and increases wisdom.

~ Kamil Ali

The first lesson in constructing viral content is having the strength, courage, and self-confidence to get in touch with your own feelings, thinking about what profoundly affects you.

~ Ken Poirot

how is it thathe's alwaysin my thoughts. even when i am not thinking.

~ Sanober Khan

kisses... areand always will be the only language that I will have ever truly known.

~ Sanober Khan

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.

~ Criss Jami

how can i everbreathe normally againafter having been cradledby the kind of sorrowso silent, that it nourishesafter having been sweptby the kind of joyso absolute, that it wounds.

~ Sanober Khan

Statements of ordinary people are ignored like poor freebies, statements of great people are accepted like profound philosophy.

~ Amit Kalantri

From a distance,' he says, 'my car looks just like every other car on the freeway, and Sarah Byrnes looks just like the rest of us. And if she's going to get help, she'll get it from herself or she'll get it from us. Let me tell you why I brought this up. Because the other day when I saw how hard it was for Mobe to go to the hospital to see her, I was embarrassed that I didn't know her better, that I ever laughed at one joke about her. I was embarrassed that I let some kid go to school with me for twelve years and turned my back on pain that must be unbearable. I was embarrassed that I haven't found a way to include her somehow the way Mobe has.'Jesus. I feel tears welling up, and I see them running down Ellerby's cheeks. Lemry better get a handle on this class before it turns into some kind of therapy group.So,' Lemry says quietly, 'your subject will be the juxtaposition of man and God in the universe?'Ellerby shakes his head. 'My subject will be shame.

~ Chris Crutcher

ARE YOU A MOVIE STAR?Prerequisite for Laziness: Creativity, award winning actor/actress, convincing speech

~ Kamil Ali

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

~ François-René De Chateaubriand

Belief In SelfIf you quit while pursuing your dreams, you will never know how close you've come to success. It might have been hidden behind that next door you decided not to open, since the last fifty doors revealed little or nothing.

~ Kamil Ali

Belief In SelfIf you quit while pursuing your dreams, you will never know how close you've come to success. It might have been hidden behind that next door you decided not to open, since the last fifty doors revealed little or nothing.

~ Kamil Ali

So it became,the law of universe,to have the,profoundest,of the words,cloaked in the,darkest of the masks.

~ Jasleen Kaur Gumber

i would rather havefeelings without wordsthan words without feelings.

~ Sanober Khan

COPE,Create Options Pending Emergence

~ Kamil Ali

It is better to doubt that a concept is stupidly flying under your head than profoundly flying over your head.

~ Criss Jami

You will only find the profoundly inexpressible in profound silence.

~ Bryant Mcgill

TRUST ADJUSTAn act that changes perception can elevate or lower integrity

~ Kamil Ali

If you build the faith to trust a friend as God, then your heart can never be broken.

~ Michael Bassey Johnson

most of the timesit’s the hardest to saywhat I love moreyouor your memory.

~ Sanober Khan

The sadness which reigned everywhere was but an excuse for unfailing kindness.

~ Victor Hugo

Intelligence and war are games, perhaps the only meaningful games left. If any player becomes too proficient, the game is threatened with termination.

~ William S. Burroughs

There is somethingmystically sadand beautifulabouthowi will neversee youagainbut meet youagain and againin poetry.

~ Sanober Khan

The weapon of memory, turned on the self, is an apocalyptic sword.

~ Josephine Hart

I want to know what's wrong with loving someone for life? Even when they're dead? What exactly is wrong with that? Why should I put him away, out of my mind? Like he's out of fashion. Does no one love for ever any more? Is no one built for the long road?

~ Josephine Hart

Where would we be without it, memory? Well, it'll never die here. Never in this country. We feed it too well.

~ Josephine Hart