Depth Quotes - Page 5

One cannot declare that only his faith is correct and all other faiths are not. God is endlessly multi-dimensional so every religion that exists on earth represents some face, some side of God. One must not have any negative attitude to any religion but nonetheless the depth of understanding God and the depth of applying God's commandments is different in different religions.

I am one who has always been interested only in the edges of the body and the spirit, the outlying regions of the body and the outlying regions of the spirit. The depths hold no interest for me; I leave them to others, for they are shallow, commonplace. What is there, then, at the outer most edge? Nothing, perhaps, save a few ribbons, dangling down into the void.

What use having a great depth of field, if there is not an adequate depth of feeling?

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

Your success in investing will depend in part on your character and guts, and in part on your ability to realize at the height of ebullience and the depth of despair alike that this too shall pass.

It is always from the depths of its impotence that each power center draws its power, hence their extreme maliciousness, and vanity

Black has depth.. you can go into it.. And you start seeing what you're afraid of. You start seeing what you love, and it becomes like a dream.

The depth of your belief and the strength of your conviction determines the power of your personality.

The scope of America's global hegemony is admittedly great, but its depth is shallow, limited by both domestic and external restraints.

The production of souls is the secret of unfathomable depth.

I alter some things, eliminate and try again until I am satisfied. Then begins the mental working out of this material in its breadth, its narrowness, its height and depth.

[Some] songs are all so detailed and in-depth that it takes forever to finish them.

Success comes from taking the initiative and following up or persisting.

The length and breath of our influence on others are directly related to the depth of our concern for them.

Time is the horizontal dimension of life, the surface layer of reality. Then there is the vertical dimension of depth, accessible only through the portal of the present moment.

While leadership depends on depth of conviction and the power coming therefrom, there must also be the ability to share that conviction with others.

Under affliction in the very depths, stop and contemplate what you have to be grateful for.

If you looked down to the bottom of my soul, you would understand fully the source of my longing and – pity me. Even the open, transparent lake has its unknown depths, which no divers know.

Divine love does not weigh down, nor carry his servant captive and enslaved to the lowest depths, but raises him, supports him and magnifies him above all liberty whatsoever.

Slowly I came to know that the depth of our heartbreaks determines the depth of our faith. God gives us everything to conquer the big and the little hurts of life.

What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life?

In science there are no 'depths'; there is surface everywhere.

Nor do piecemeal steps however well intended, even partially resolve problems that have reached a universal, global and catastrophic character. If anything, partial 'solutions' serve merely as cosmetics to conceal the deep seated nature of the ecological crisis. They thereby deflect public attention and theoretical insight from an adequate understanding of the depth and scope of the necessary changes.

It goes without saying that a fine short poem can have the resonance and depth of an entire novel.

The descent into the depths always seems to precede the ascent.