Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future. Oscar Wilde
Never to suffer would never to have been blessed. Edgar Allan Poe
Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit. Kahlil Gibran
I rebel; therefore I exist. Albert Camus
If I love myself I love you. If I love you I love myself. Rumi
The adventure of life is to learn. The purpose of life is to grow. The nature of life is to change. The challenge of life is to overcome. The essence of life is to care. The opportunity of like is to serve. The secret of life is to dare. The spice of life is to befriend. The beauty of life is to give. William Arthur Ward
Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. Oscar Wilde
To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work. Mary Oliver
Don’t handicap your children by making their lives easy. Robert A. Heinlein
Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work. Gustave Flaubert
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Kahlil Gibran
Time is a created thing. To say “I don’t have time”, is like saying, “I don’t want to”. Lao Tzu
Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one. Voltaire
Maybe you are searching among the branches, for what only appears in the roots. Rumi
Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree. Martin Luther
See also: stoic quotes, time quotes, learning quotes
The Best Deep Quotes
Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so. Bertrand Russell
He who is untrue to his own cause cannot command the respect of others. Albert Einstein
To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself. Søren Kierkegaard
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. Mark Twain
It is not I who am strong, it is reason, it is truth. Émile Zola
If you’ve never eaten while crying you don’t know what life tastes like. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong. Oscar Wilde
Never make fun of someone who mispronounces a word. It means they learned it by reading. Unknown
Genius is the recovery of childhood at will. Arthur Rimbaud
As long as I am breathing, in my eyes, I am just beginning. Criss Jami Click to tweet
What matters isn’t what a person has or doesn’t have; it is what he or she is afraid of losing. Nicholas Nassim Taleb Click to tweet
Sometimes you have to shut your eyes, so you can see the real beauty. Kilian Jornet
To be truly positive in the eyes of some, you have to risk appearing negative in the eyes of others. Criss Jami
God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh. Voltaire
Take time like the river that never grows stale. Keep going and steady. No hurry, no rush. Rumi
There’s always some truth behind “just kidding”, knowledge behind every “I don’t know”, emotions behind “I don’t care” and pain behind “it’s okay”. Unknown
We can see through others only when we can see through ourselves. Bruce Lee
I don’t care that they stole my idea. I care that they don’t have any of their own. Nikola Tesla
You who suffer because you love, love still more. To die of love, is to live by it. Victor Hugo
The wind howls, but the mountain remains still. Japanese proverb Click to tweet
What makes night within us may leave stars. Victor Hugo
Nothing is forever. Everything goes to 0 eventually. Naval Ravikant
A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live. Lao Tzu
Stupidity lies in wanting to draw conclusions. Gustave Flaubert Click to tweet
Dreams have only one owner at a time. That’s why dreamers are lonely. William Faulkner
Men must live and create. Live to the point of tears. Albert Camus
A clear conscience is the sure sign of a bad memory. Mark Twain
See also: quotes to live by
Part 2. Deep Quotes That Are…
The Most Famous Deep Quotes And Thoughts (Lao Tzu, Rumi, Shakespeare, etc.)
Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters. Victor Hugo Click to tweet
Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers. Voltaire
The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear. Rumi
Let the beauty of what you love be what you do. Rumi
Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well. Robert Louis Stevenson
Do or do not, there is no try. Yoda
Cleverness is not wisdom. Euripides
Life is the flower for which love is the honey. Victor Hugo
All human wisdom is summed up in two words; wait and hope. Alexandre Dumas
All generalizations are dangerous, even this one. Alexandre Dumas
Anything becomes interesting if you look at it long enough. Gustave Flaubert
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. Søren Kierkegaard
Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced. Søren Kierkegaard
I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees. Euripides Click to tweet
The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. William Faulkner
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much. Oscar Wilde
I can resist anything except temptation. Oscar Wilde
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. Leo Tolstoy
A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast. William Shakespeare (See also: wise quotes)
The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why. Mark Twain
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect). Mark Twain
He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know. Lao Tzu
When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. Lao Tzu
We suffer more often in imagination than in reality. Seneca
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Short Deep Quotes And Lines
One-liners, short deep quotes, sayings, thoughts and captions for your bio, social status, self-talk, motto, mantra, signs, posters, wallpapers, backgrounds.
Don’t settle, and don’t struggle. Naval Ravikant Click to tweet
To thine own self be true. William Shakespeare
Conscience doth make cowards of us all. William Shakespeare
People do not lack strength; they lack will. Victor Hugo
What labels me, negates me. Søren Kierkegaard
Rest in reason; move in passion. Kahlil Gibran
You are what you do, not what you say you’ll do. Carl Jung
To do two things at once is to do neither. Publilius Syrus
The prettiest eyes have cried the most. Unknown
The kindest hearts have felt the most pains. Unknown
Success is an iceberg. Unknown
Just do your best and to hell the rest. Unknown
Love is the foolishness of men, and the wisdom of God. Victor Hugo
Curiosity is gluttony. To see is to devour. Victor Hugo
The merit of all things lies in their difficulty. Alexandre Dumas Click to tweet
Passion is born deaf and dumb. Honoré de Balzac
“I” is another. Arthur Rimbaud
The deeper thought is, the taller it becomes. Dejan Stojanovic
Close both eyes to see with the other eye. Rumi
Of all lies, art is the least untrue. Gustave Flaubert
Leave no stone unturned. Euripides
Remember your humanity, and forget the rest. Bertrand Russell
Life is a constant process of dying. Arthur Schopenhauer
The darker the night, the brighter the stars. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Beauty will save the world. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Nothing has more strength than dire necessity. Euripides
Sin is geographical. Bertrand Russell
What worries you, masters you. John Locke
The past is never dead. It’s not even past. William Faulkner
Don’t be ‘a writer’. Be writing. William Faulkner (See also: writing quotes)
To define is to limit. Oscar Wilde
Be – don’t try to become. Osho
Whatever you feel, you become. It is your responsibility. Osho
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Inspirational Deep Quotes (Emotional, Profound, Meaningful)
Are you afraid of the good you might do? Victor Hugo Click to tweet
The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine. Nikola Tesla
Full well do I know that in order to attain any definite goal, it is imperative that one person should do the thinking and commanding. Albert Einstein
Learn to judge your moves by their long-term effects on people. Robert Greene
Look for the thing you notice but no one else notices. Rick Rubin
I’m just trying to think about the future and not be sad. Elon Musk
The fears we don’t face become our limits. Jim Kwik
What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite. Bertrand Russell
You can tell a pioneer by the arrows in his back. Beverly Rubik
First, see clearly. Next, act correctly. Finally, endure and accept the world as it is. Ryan Holiday
A poet should be so crafty with words that he is envied even for his pains. Criss Jami
The harder you fall, the heavier your heart; the heavier your heart, the stronger you climb; the stronger you climb, the higher your pedestal. Criss Jami
You are judges in this world by how well you bring things to an end. A messy or incomplete conclusion can reverberate for years to come. Robert Greene
Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent. Victor Hugo
It was scary at first, but every great thing starts out a little scary, doesn’t it?” Unknown
A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed. Henrik Ibsen
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. Edgar Allan Poe
The spread of civilisation may be likened to a fire; first, a feeble spark, next a flickering flame, then a mighty blaze, ever increasing in speed and power. Nikola Tesla
Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts. Charles Dickens
Arm yourself, my heart: the thing that you must do is fearful, yet inevitable. Euripides
An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all. Oscar Wilde
If anyone on the verge of action should judge himself according to the outcome, he would never begin. Søren Kierkegaard
He who despairs is wrong. Victor Hugo Click to tweet
The best thing a human being can do is to help another human being know more. Charlie Munger
Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself. William Faulkner
Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but it’s the only way you can do anything good. William Faulkner
Champions aren’t made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them – a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill, and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill. Muhammad Ali
The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but rather those days when out of dejection and despair you feel rise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishments. Gustave Flaubert
I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings. Gustave Flaubert (azquotes.com)
Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true. Honoré de Balzac
If you wish to be a mine of jewels, open the deep ocean within your heart. Rumi
Patience with small details makes perfect a large work, like the universe. Rumi
Come, seek, for search is the foundation of fortune: every success depends upon focusing the heart! Rumi
To go wrong in one’s own way is better than to go right in someone else’s. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
If you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words. Edgar Allan Poe
If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration. Nikola Tesla
Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born. Nikola Tesla
The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Always go too far, because that’s where you’ll find the truth. Albert Camus
See also: positive quotes, meaningful quotes
Funny Deep Quotes (Some Are Surprising)
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. Sigmund Freud Click to tweet
Your very silence shows you agree. Euripides
All great truths begin as blasphemies. George Bernard Shaw
Some people are more certain of everything than I am of nothing. Robert Rubin
Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves. Albert Einstein
It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe. Muhammad Ali
I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity. Edgar Allan Poe Click to tweet
I have great faith in fools – self-confidence my friends will call it. Edgar Allan Poe
If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered. Edgar Allan Poe
I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat. Edgar Allan Poe
I do not think you can name many great inventions that have been made by married men. Nikola Tesla
The last 29 days of the month are the toughest! Nikola Tesla
It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this. Bertrand Russell
A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station… William Faulkner
Did you ever stop to think, and then forget to start again? Winnie The Pooh Click to tweet
People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day. Winnie The Pooh
They’re funny things, accidents. You never have them till you’re having them. Winnie The Pooh
We’re all pretty bizarre. Some of us are just better at hiding it, that’s all. Andrew, The Breakfast Club
Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood. Oscar Wilde
Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike. Oscar Wilde
When reason fails, the devil helps! Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Education: the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty. Mark Twain
Out of all the things I have lost, I miss my mind the most. Mark Twain
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Very Deep Quotes (Some Are Dark, Philosophical, Cryptic)
No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell. Carl Jung Click to tweet
Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real. Neils Bohr
God knows, I prefer people with anxieties, whose tomorrow is threatened by uncertainty. Albert Einstein
They muddy the water, to make it seem deep. Friedrich Nietzsche
All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream. Edgar Allan Poe
He in his madness prays for storms, and dreams that storms will bring him peace. Leo Tolstoy
The passion for destruction is also a creative passion. Mikhail Bakunin
One day we will be dead. But today I’ll give it my best not to blame, complain, drain. Today I’ll give my best not to regret or forget. James Altucher
The problem is not to find the answer, it’s to face the answer. Terence McKenna
If it is not necessary to decide, it is necessary not to decide. Lord Acton
Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality. Edgar Allan Poe
Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence. Edgar Allan Poe
There is no truth. There is only perception. Gustave Flaubert
All the problems of older times were scarcity… now they’re all abundance based. Naval Ravikant
Battle not with monsters, lest you become one and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you. Friederich Nietsche
Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying. Arthur C. Clarke
I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers. Kahlil Gibran
A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants. Arthur Schopenhauer
He who opens a school door, closes a prison. Victor Hugo Click to tweet
As with stomachs, we should pity minds that do not eat. Victor Hugo
To be sane in a world of madman is in itself madness. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Civilization is a hopeless race to discover remedies for the evils it produces. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
I am not deep, but I am very wide. Honoré de Balzac
What if everything in the world were a misunderstanding, what if laughter were really tears? Søren Kierkegaard
I stick my finger into existence and it smells of nothing. Søren Kierkegaard
Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing. Euripides (See also: How to Ask the Right Question in the Right Way, entrepreneur.com)
Understand that half the game is keeping quiet, and carefully watching those around you. Robert Greene
Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is. Albert Camus
But in the end one needs more courage to live than to kill himself. Albert Camus
The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places. Ernest Hemingway
Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim. Bertrand Russell
The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius. Oscar Wilde
I am not young enough to know everything. Oscar Wilde
See also: life changing quotes
Wise Deep Quotes (Words Of Wisdom)
Better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion. Edward Abbey Click to tweet
Common sense is in spite of, not the result of, education. Victor Hugo
Every strength is also a weakness. The opposite is true as well. Neil Strauss
It’s not how well you play the game, it’s deciding what game you want to play. Kwame Appiah
Where there is no sense of ownership, there is respect. Where there is no hope, there is Truth. Where there is no attachment, there is love. Kapil Gupta
Believe in the you who believes in yourself. Unknown
You don’t deserve what you don’t respect. Unknown
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don’t ever count on having both at once. Robert A. Heinlein
Ignoring isn’t the same as ignorance, you have to work at it. Margaret Atwood
All that you are seeking is also seeking you. Franz Kafka
There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true. Søren Kierkegaard
Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more. Nilola Tesla
The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane. Nikola Tesla
Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live. Gustave Flaubert
The public wants work which flatters its illusions. Gustave Flaubert
Talent is a long patience, and originality an effort of will and intense observation. Gustave Flaubert
People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
There are no weeds, and no worthless men. There are only bad farmers. Victor Hugo
Do not grow to fond of your ideas or too certain of their truth. Robert Greene Click to tweet
Being good is easy, what is difficult is being just. Victor Hugo
To put everything in balance is good, to put everything in harmony is better. Victor Hugo
There is no exquisite beauty… without some strangeness in the proportion. Edgar Allan Poe
Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him. John Locke
See also: 7 Secrets Of Wise People (And How To Become One … Now) (huffingtonpost.ca)
Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours. John Locke
The only reason we get lost in thought, is because it is unfamiliar territory. Ashton Leinen
Everyone sees the unseen in proportion to the clarity of his heart. Rumi
Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids. John Steinbeck
The true genius shudders at incompleteness — imperfection — and usually prefers silence to saying the something which is not everything that should be said. Edgar Allan Poe
A ‘no’ does not hide anything, but a ‘yes’ very easily becomes a deception. Søren Kierkegaard
Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality. Bertrand Russell
There is a wisdom of the head, and… there is a wisdom of the heart. Charles Dickens
We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom. Leo Tolstoy
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. Ernest Hemingway
To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Nothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall. William Shakespeare
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Part 3. Deep Quotes And Thoughts About…
Deep Quotes And Proverbs About Love, Romance, Beauty, Kindness
You don’t love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear. Oscar Wilde
The very essence of romance is uncertainty. Oscar Wilde
When you’re in love, truly in love, you never have to question it. Michael Faudet
When love itself comes to kiss you, don’t hold back. Rumi
Love doesn’t die; the men and women do. William Faulkner
The more one judges, the less one loves. Honoré de Balzac
Years of love have been forgot, in the hatred of a minute. Edgar Allan Poe
The sun loved the moon so much, he died every night just to let her breath. Unknown
That’s what real love amounts to – letting a person be what he really is. Most people love you for who you pretend to be. Jim Morrison
Love is like a tree: it grows by itself, roots itself deeply in our being and continues to flourish over a heart in ruin. Victor Hugo
The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention. Kahlil Gibran
When one is in love, a cliff becomes a meadow. Ethiopian proverb
If love is a sickness, patience is the remedy. Cameroon proverb
Love is the poetry of the senses. Honoré de Balzac Click to tweet
Let your love be like the misty rain, coming softly but flooding the river. Liberian proverb
If the full moon loves you, why worry about the stars? Tunisian proverb
You know who you love but you can’t know who loves you. Nigerian proverb
Where there is love, there is no darkness. Burundi proverb
If you marry a monkey for its wealth, the money goes and the monkey remains. Egyptian proverb
Don’t be so in love that you can’t tell when it’s raining. Madagascar proverb
He who loves, love you with your dirt. Ugandan proverb
A letter from the heart can be read on the face. Kenyan proverb
Even as the archer loves the arrow that flies, so too he loves the bow that remains constant in his hands. Nigerian proverb
Love, like rain, does not choose the grass on which it falls. South African proverb
One who loves the vase, loves also what is inside. Kenyan proverb
There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love. Martin Luther King Jr
Hate is easy. Love takes courage. Unknown
It’s easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you. Bertrand Russell
I love you with so much of my heart that none is left to protest. William Shakespeare
How do you spell ‘love’? You don’t spell it, you feel it. Winnie The Pooh
When love prevails, fear departs. Rumi
See also: short love quotes, deep love quotes
Deep Quotes About Life
The soul lives there in the silent breath. Rumi
To die is nothing; but it is terrible not to live. Victor Hugo
Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? Mary Oliver
If you haven’t found something strange during the day it hasn’t been much of a day. John Wheeler
What do you despise? By this are you truly known. Frank Herbert
Modern people sit comfortably in air conditioned rooms and derange themselves with misinformation and hyperbole. “The world is going insane!” they shout at an unhearing screen. The world? Or you? The Stoic Emperor
That little spark you feel as you heal. That’s what life’s about. Unknown
Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive. Unknown
Life is the most difficult exam. Many people fail because they try to copy others. Not realizing that everyone has a different question paper. Unknown
And you? When will you begin that long journey into yourself? Rumi
The individual is ephemeral, races and nations come and pass away, but man remains. Nikola Tesla
Fashions have done more harm than revolutions. Victor Hugo
The paradise of the rich is made out of the hell of the poor. Victor Hugo
I belong to the opposition party, which is called life. Honoré de Balzac
I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Unless you’re ashamed of yourself now and then, you’re not honest. William Faulkner
It’s not when you realise that nothing can help you – religion, pride, anything – it’s when you realise that you don’t need any aid. William Faulkner
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all. Oscar Wilde
The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge. Bertrand Russell Click to tweet
It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it. Oscar Wilde
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth. Oscar Wilde
One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels. Gustave Flaubert
We must laugh and cry, enjoy and suffer, in a word, vibrate to our full capacity… I think that’s what being really human means. Gustave Flaubert
Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are. Søren Kierkegaard
Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing. Oscar Wilde
We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities. Oscar Wilde
But how could you live and have no story to tell? Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The task is not so much to see what no one has yet seen; but to think what nobody has yet thought, about that which everybody sees. Erwin Schrödinger
Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken. Albert Camus
Let there be spaces in your togetherness. Kahlil Gibran (goalcast.com)
Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life. Seneca
It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor. Seneca
Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do. Voltaire
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. Friedrich Nietzsche
See also: words of wisdom
Deep And Meaningful Quotes About Happiness
The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved. Victor Hugo
The happiest people have endured the most pain. Unknown
Being happy for someone else’s success makes you happier. Russ Diemon
A happy person doesn’t have to convince other people they are happy. Either you are or you’re not. And if you are, you’re not taking selfies to show people. Shane Parrish
You are searching the world for treasure, but the real treasure is yourself. Rumi
Don’t underestimate the value of doing nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear, and not bothering. Winnie The Pooh
The desire for more positive experience is itself a negative experience. And, paradoxically, the acceptance of one’s negative experience is itself a positive experience. Mark Manson
Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face. Victor Hugo
Really high-minded people are indifferent to happiness, especially other people’s. Bertrand Russell
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness. Bertrand Russell
How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard. Winnie The Pooh
No one can be sad when they have a balloon. Winnie The Pooh Click to tweet
If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all. Oscar Wilde
You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life. Albert Camus
What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience? Adam Smith
Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it. Alexandre Dumas
I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride. Alexandre Dumas
Maybe happiness too is a metaphor invented on a day of boredom. Gustave Flaubert
All the mistakes I ever made in my life were when I wanted to say No, and said Yes. Moss Hart
Many of us pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that we hurry past it. Søren Kierkegaard
Happiness is the greatest hiding place for despair. Søren Kierkegaard
When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. Lao Tzu
Every moment of happiness requires a great amount of ignorance. Honoré de Balzac
I don’t believe that happiness is possible, but I think tranquility is. Gustave Flaubert
Pleasure is found first in anticipation, later in memory. Gustave Flaubert
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Deep And Meaningful Quotes About Sadness, Depression, Anger
The wound is the place where the light enters you. Rumi
Whatever purifies you is the right path. Rumi
If you trip while running down a hallway, you’ll get a nosebleed. If you trip in life, you cry. Minori
Worrying about rejection may be the same as rejecting yourself. Kaga Kouko
Real depression is when you stop loving the things you love. Unknown
It all begins and ends in your mind. What you give power to has power over you. Leon Brown
Yes, I’m smiling, but deep down I’m crying. Unknown
Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form. Rumi
Melancholy is the happiness of being sad. Victor Hugo
The most common form of despair is not being who you are. Søren Kierkegaard
The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you’ll never have. Søren Kierkegaard
If you dig a pit for others to fall into, you will fall into it yourself. Rumi
When you’re happy you enjoy the music, when you’re sad you understand the lyrics. Unknown
The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again. Charles Dickens
There is prodigious strength in sorrow and despair. Charles Dickens Click to tweet
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. Edgar Allan Poe
I remained too much inside my head and ended up losing my mind. Edgar Allan Poe
Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things. Arthur Schopenhauer
Anger clouds the mind. Turned inward, it is an unconquerable enemy. Splinter, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine. Honoré de Balzac
Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise. Victor Hugo
Not being heard is no reason for silence. Victor Hugo
Those who do not weep, do not see. Victor Hugo
A writer is a world trapped in a person. Victor Hugo
Every blade has two edges; he who wounds with one wounds himself with the other. Victor Hugo
Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering… Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Boredom is the root of all evil – the despairing refusal to be oneself. Søren Kierkegaard
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. Kahlil Gibran
Waste not fresh tears over old griefs. Euripides
Boredom: the desire for desires. Leo Tolstoy
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See also: 15 Simple Ways To Overcome Depression And Sadness (lifehack.org)
Deep Quotes And Thoughts About Death
Death is nothing, but to live defeated is to die every day. Napoleon Bonaparte
To die laughing must be the most glorious of all glorious deaths! Edgar Allan Poe
Every poem should remind the reader that they are going to die. Edgar Allan Poe
Everybody’s going to die, and nobody’s going to remember you, so fuck it. Billie Eilish
Don’t be afraid of death, Winnie. Be afraid of the un-lived life. Angus Tuck, Tuck Everlasting
This is our big mistake: to think we look forward to death. Most of death is already gone. Whatever time has passed is owned by death. Seneca
The risks you keep taking, the challenges you keep overcoming, are like symbolic deaths that sharpen your appreciation for life. Robert Greene
This could be your last throw of the dice: make it count. Robert Greene
To avoid pain, they avoid pleasure. To avoid death, they avoid life. Osho Click to tweet
It is necessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live. Alexandre Dumas
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no tomorrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde
The real question is not whether life exists after death. The real question is whether you are alive before death. Osho
You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think. Marcus Aurelius
To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure. J.K. Rowling
Death ends a life, not a relationship. Mitch Albom
I don’t want to die without any scars. Chuck Palahniuk
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Deep Quotes And Thoughts About Friends And Family
A friend to all is a friend to none. Aristotle
I like men who have a future and women who have a past. Oscar Wilde
I don’t want to go to heaven. None of my friends are there. Oscar Wilde
On the path of love, friend and stranger are one and the same. Rumi
A day without a friend is like a pot without a single drop of honey left inside. Winnie The Pooh
I think we dream so we don’t have to be apart for so long. If we’re in each other’s dreams, we can be together all the time. Winnie The Pooh
You will encounter thousands of various individuals in your life, and the ability to see them as they are will prove invaluable. Robert Greene
Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything. Muhammad Ali
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances; if there is any reaction, both are transformed. Carl Jung
Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other. Honoré de Balzac
I have learned that to be with those I like is enough. Walt Whitman Click to tweet
You don’t meet people by accident. There’s always a reason. A lesson or a blessing. Unknown
Sometimes home isn’t four walls, it’s two eyes and a heartbeat. Unknown
Friendship consists in forgetting what one gives and remembering what one receives. Alexandre Dumas
Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is by far the best ending for one. Oscar Wilde
If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It’s not at all hard to understand a person; it’s only hard to listen without bias. Criss Jami
The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, not the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when you discover that someone else believes in you and is willing to trust you with a friendship. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born. Anaïs Nin
The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends. Friedrich Nietzsche
Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody. Mark Twain
The trouble is not in dying for a friend, but in finding a friend worth dying for. Mark Twain
See also: friendship quotes
Deep Quotes About Trust, Faith, Doubt, Confidence
Never lose hope, my heart. Miracles dwell in the invisible. Rumi
The need for certainty is the greatest disease the mind faces. Robert Greene
We are saved by faith alone, but the faith that saves is never alone. Martin Luther
No prayer is complete without presence. Rumi
Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see. Edgar Allan Poe
Trust yourself more and others less. Robert Greene Click to tweet
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself – and you are the easiest person to fool. Richard Feynman
You are awareness. You are mind. You are not from this world. I mean, think about it, could you really be from here? Frederick Lenz
You call it hope — that fire of fire! It is but agony of desire. Edgar Allan Poe
Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky. Rabindranath Tagore
My brain is only a receiver, in the Universe there is a core from which we obtain knowledge, strength and inspiration. I have not penetrated into the secrets of this core, but I know that it exists. Nikola Tesla
All that was great in the past was ridiculed, condemned, combated, suppressed — only to emerge all the more powerfully, all the more triumphantly from the struggle. Nikola Tesla
You are braver than you believe. Strong than you seem. And smarter than you think. Winnie The Pooh
Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself. Gloria Steinem
Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable. Oz, The Wizard of Oz
Power is not miraculous, but intrinsically human and accessible to us all. Robert Greene
There is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come. Victor Hugo (See also: powerful quotes)
Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. Victor Hugo
Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots. Victor Hugo
Doubt is an illness that comes from knowledge and leads to madness. Gustave Flaubert
The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays. Søren Kierkegaard
It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey. Søren Kierkegaard
I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong. Bertrand Russell
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (See also: Why You Can’t Trust Yourself, markmanson.net)
Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats. Voltaire
Courage is knowing what not to fear. Plato
To be radical is to grasp things by the root. Karl Marx
Part 4. Conclusion
People spend too much time doing and not enough time thinking about what they should be doing. Naval Ravikant Click to tweet
Table Of Contents
Part 1
Top 15 Images
Best Deep Quotes
Part 2
Deep Quotes That ARE
Famous
Short
Inspirational
Funny
Very Deep
Wise
Part 3
Deep Quotes ABOUT
Love
Life
Happiness
Sadness
Death
Friends, Family
Trust
Part 4
Conclusion