Top 49 Profound Wisdom Quotes
#1. I began to realize that the most profound wisdom of man was rooted in the answers given by faith and that I did not have the right to deny them on the grounds of reason; above all, I realized that these answers alone can form a reply to the question of life.
Leo Tolstoy
#2. For six years profound silence was mistaken for profound wisdom.
Alben W. Barkley
#3. The art of speaking," it was later said, "depends on much effort, continual study, varied kinds of exercise, long experience, profound wisdom, and unfailing strategic sense.
Stacy Schiff
#4. He was safe, everything was all right. He fell asleep murmuring "Sanity is not statistical," with the feeling that this remark contained in it a profound wisdom.
George Orwell
#6. It is no slight testimonial, both to the merit and worth of Christianity, that in all ages since its promulgation the great mass of those who have risen to eminence by their profound wisdom and integrity have recognized and reverenced Jesus of Nazareth as the Son of the living God.
John Quincy Adams
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Ivy Gilbert
#8. There is no counsel like God's counsel. No comfort like His comfort. No wisdom more profound than the wisdom of the Scriptures.
Charles R. Swindoll
#9. WISDOM - The ability to accept our limitations and learn from the viewpoints of others
Kamil Ali
#10. You are never listening to what someone is saying, you are only ever listening to what you are hearing
Julia Heywood
#11. So it became,
the law of universe,
to have the,
profoundest,
of the words,
cloaked in the,
darkest of the masks.
Jasleen Kaur Gumber
#12. The majority believes that everything hard to comprehend must be very profound. This is incorrect. What is hard to understand is what is immature, unclear and often false. The highest wisdom is simple and passes through the brain directly into the heart
Viktor Schauberger
#13. Running through the maze of life, you come across profound ambiguities and complexities. Yet the essence of living a meaningful life remains simple- following your heart and pursuing your life purpose.
Roopleen
#15. The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is the pretense of intelligent ignorance. The former is teachable; the latter is not.
Criss Jami
#16. The differences between the received wisdom, the standard version of events, and the facts on the ground may be subtle or they may be stark, even profound.
William Finnegan
#17. Dreams provide a kind of wisdom of the heart, an echoing voice of a profound human sensitivity too often lost to us in the reasonable life of days.
Sheldon B. Kopp
#18. The vanity of intelligence is that the intelligent man is often more committed to 'one-upping' his opponent than being truthful. When the idea of intelligence, rather than intelligence itself, becomes a staple, there is no wisdom in it.
Criss Jami
#19. On one level, wisdom is nothing more profound than an ability to follow one's own advice.
Sam Harris
#20. WHO WHAT WHERE WHY WHEN
Personality redefines character through phases of wisdom at different ages
Kamil Ali
#21. 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.
Linda Medley
#22. Love is a state when we see life as it is and accept it with profound kindness and forgiveness to enjoy the bliss.
Debasish Mridha
#23. Where there is a strong desire and profound hope, there is a way.
Debasish Mridha
#24. It is one of the main teachings of the profound traditional wisdom of India, that the Primordial Mother is the origin of all things and verything tends to flow naturally back towards her.
Nirmala Srivastava
#25. Profound insights arise only in debate, with a possibility of counterargument, only when there is a possibility of expressing not only correct ideas but also dubious ideas.
Andrei Sakharov
#26. Wisdom is simple but profound.
Folly, even when complex, is stupid.
Matshona Dhliwayo
#27. Ancient wisdom offers ... a simple yet profound formula to guide everyone who leads, anyone who aspires to leadership: 'Do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly.'
Wayne D. Dosick
#28. The day after I became king, S'yan offered a single piece of wisdom. 'Power lies not in what a king does, but in what his subjects believe he might do.' This was profound. For it meant that the majesty of kings lay in their mystique... not in their might.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
#29. This is perhaps the most profound meaning of the book of Job, the best example of wisdom.
Paul Ricoeur
#30. When we understand the illusory nature of life and the profound power of eternal love, which enables us to create miracles and experience the presence of our deceased loved ones, we find ourselves living with joy, hope and peace.
Susan Barbara Apollon
#31. Before leaving the world, leave a profound positive mark of love upon the world.
Debasish Mridha
#32. The Buddha's message was simple but profound. Neither a life of self-indulgence nor one of self-mortification can bring happiness. Only a middle path, avoiding these two extremes, leads to peace of mind, wisdom, & complete liberation from the dissatisfactions of life.
Henepola Gunaratana
#33. For all its complexity, however, astrology remains fundamentally simple. It offers a time-honored system of symbols that sum up key aspects of human life while providing profound insights and practical guidance.
Anne M. Nordhaus-Bike
#34. Overcoming negative experiences defines character and increases wisdom.
Kamil Ali
#35. A sign of a lover of wisdom is his delight in not running his mouth about things he doesn't know.
Criss Jami
#36. Everything that I teach as an enlightened Buddhist teacher is towards directing an individual to happiness, a balanced wisdom and knowledge that is sometimes just bubbly and euphoric or just very still and profound.
Frederick Lenz
#37. Who knoweth if to die be but to live, and that called life by mortals be but death?
Euripides
#38. The most profound state of awareness comes from being devoted to your present circumstances, absorbing the sorrows and joys of others, so that you may see yourself within them, which in actuality is you.
Lujan Matus
#39. There is no estimating the wit and wisdom concealed and latent in our lower fellow mortals until made manifest by profound experiences; for it is through suffering that dogs as well as saints are developed and made perfect.
John Muir
#40. Life abides between life as if it were an island amidst its own ocean
Wasif Ali Wasif
#41. The adage: "He is a fool that cannot conceal his wisdom," could never be applied to my profound and quiet master. Though
Paramahansa Yogananda
#42. With purpose to be dressed in an opinion of wisdom gravity profound conceit as who should say 'I am Sir Oracle and when I ope my lips let no dog bark.' 1.1
William Shakespeare
#43. The masters were said to be profound
because they show the greatest wisdom
when comfortable
in Life's mysterious
and unknown depths
Lao-Tzu
#44. A wise man's goal shouldn't be to say something profound, but to say something useful.
Criss Jami
#45. By becoming forgiving, fill yourself with love, and then, with profound kindness, give it away.
Debasish Mridha
#46. I don't have enough knowledge or wisdom to say anything profound to people all over the world. But maybe a simple "I love you," as corny as it may sound, shows them that I am willing to be compassionate, generous, and peaceful with them.
Richard Brancatisano
#47. There are a sort of men, whose visages
Do cream and mantle, like a standing pond;
And do a willful stillness entertain,
With purpose to be dressed in an opinion
Of wisdom, gravity profound conceit;
As who should say, I am sir Oracle,
And when I ope my lips, let no dog bark!
William Shakespeare
#48. Nobody knows like a woman how to say things that are both sweet and profound. Sweetness and depth, this is all of woman; this is Heaven.
Victor Hugo
#49. Being creative, joyful, happy, and beloved are the ultimate purposes of a profound life.
Debasish Mridha
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