Quotes of Depth - somelinesforyou

“ Now, in reality, the world have paid too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them to be men of much greater profundity than they really are. ”

- Henry Fielding

“ O Conscience, into what abyss of fears And horrors hast thou driven me, out of which I find no way, from deep to deeper plunged. ”

- John Milton

“ An author who sets his reader on sounding the depths of his own thoughts serves him best. ”

- Amos Bronson Alcott

“ There are those whose sole claim to profundity is the discovery of exceptions to the rules. ”

- Paul Eldridge

“ The test of a civilized person is first self-awareness, and then depth after depth of sincerity in self-confrontation. ”

- Clarence Day

“ Wonderful is the depth of thy words, whose surface is before us, gently leading on the little ones: and yet a wonderful deepness, O my God, a wonderful deepness. It is awe to look into it; even an awfulness of honour, and a trembling of love. ”

- St. Augustine

“ People who comprehend a thing to its very depths rarely stay faithful to it forever. For they have brought its depths into the light of day: and in the depths there is always much that is unpleasant to see. ”

- Friedrich Nietzsche

“ You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth. ”

- Evan Esar

“ The Depth of your Mythology is the Extent of your Effectiveness. ”

- John Maxwell

“ The difference between a rut and a grave is the depth. ”

- Gerald Burrill

“ In the depths of my heart I can't help being convniced that my dear fellow men, with few exceptions, are worthless. ”

- Sigmund Freud

“ Los Angeles seems endlessly held between these extremes: of light and dark - of surface and depth. Of the promise, in brief, of a meaning always hovering on the edge of significance. ”

- Graham Clarke

“ I detest that man who hides one thing in the depths of his heart, and speaks for another. ”

- Homer

“ In the depth of winter, I learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. ”

- Albert Camus

“ If we have the opportunity to be generous with our hearts, ourselves, we have no idea of the depth and breadth of love's reach. ”

- Margaret Cho

“ Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation. ”

- Kahlil Gibran

“ There is nothing more helpless and irresponsible than a man in the depths of an ether binge. ”

- Hunter S. Thompson

“ A little philosophy inclineth men's minds toward atheism, but depth of philosophy bringeth men's minds about again to religion. ”

- Sir Francis Bacon

“ People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity. ”

- Oscar Wilde

“ For God Himself works in our souls, in the deepest depths, taking increasing control as we are progressively willing to be prepared for His wonder. ”

- Thomas R. Kelly

“ We have deep depth. ”

- Yogi Berra

“ As a rule, I am very careful to be shallow and conventional where depth and originality are wasted. ”

- Lucy Maud Montgomery

“ Creativity comes from awakening and directing men's higher natures, which originate in the primal depths of the universe and are appointed by Heaven. ”

- I Ching

“ Dive deep, O mind, dive deep in the ocean of God's beauty! If you descend to the uttermost depths, there you will find the gem of love. ”

- Bengali Hymn

“ Even the cry from the depths is an affirmation: why cry if there is no hint of hope of hearing? ”

- Martin Marty

“ Give — and somewhere, from out of the clouds, or from the sacred depths of human hearts, a melody divine will reach your ears, and gladden all your days upon the earth. ”

- George F. Burba

“ God is an unutterable sigh, planted in the depths of the soul. ”

- Jean Paul Richter

“ How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach. ”

- Elizabeth Barrett Browning

“ I detest the man who hides one thing in the depth of his heart and speaks forth another. ”

- Homer

“ If there be light, then there is darkness; if cold, heat; if height, depth; if solid, fluid; if hard, soft; if rough, smooth; if calm, tempest; if prosperity, adversity; if life, death. ”

- Pythagoras
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