Depth Quotes - Page 7

The function of ritual, as I understand it, is to give form to human life, not in the way of a mere surface arrangement, but in depth.

What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.

Beneath the broad tides of human history there flow the stealthy undercurrents of the secret societies, which frequently determine in the depth the changes that take place upon the surface.

The height of your success is determined by the depth of your belief.

Though I am often in the depths of misery, there is still calmness, pure harmony and music inside me.

Stilled legendary depth: It was as deep as England. It held Pike too immense to stir, so immense and old That past nightfall I dared not cast.

Some of my favorite moments from The Vampire Diaries were from season 3. I found the storyline between Stefan and Klaus to be extremely compelling. It was a friend/foe type friendship, rooted in depth that took us back to the 1920s.

The depth of John Candy's talent did surprise me. He was one of my all-time favorite leading men.

One thousand brilliant stars punched holes in my consciousness, pricking me with longing. I could stare at the stars for hours, their infinite number and depth pulling me into a part of myself that I ignored during the day.

I need words that mean more than they mean, words not just with height and width, but depth and weight and, and other dimensions that I cannot even name.

In Jesus, God wills to be true God not only in the height but also in the depth - in the depth of human creatureliness, sinfulness and mortality.

It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean.

War always reaches the depths of horror because of idiots who perpetuate terror from generation to generation under the pretext of vengeance.

European films were what it was about for me - the sensations I needed, the depth, the storytelling, the characters, the directors, and the freedom that you can't really find in American films

Healing proceeds from the depths to the heights.

For sleep, one needs endless depths of blackness to sink into; daylight is too shallow, it will not cover one.

In a way, I'd rather ride down the street on a camel than give what is sometimes called an in-depth interview. I'd rather ride down the street on a camel nude. In a snowstorm. Backwards.

I am a Negro: Black as the night is black, Black like the depths of my Africa.

Whoever can weep over himself for one hour is greater than the one who is able to teach the whole world; whoever recognizes the depth of his own frailty is greater than the one who sees visions of angels.

Each man's life represents a road toward himself, an attempt at such a road, the intimation of a path... But each of us - experiments of the depths - strives toward his own destiny. We can understand one another; but each of us is able to interpret himself to himself alone.

Any work that is not rooted in myth and poetry or that does not partake of the depth and essence of the universe is merely a ghost.

Maybe it's only those who've made such chaos of their lives who can understand the heights and depths of God's mercy.

So the hours are pretty good then?' he resumed. The Vogon stared down at him as sluggish thoughts moiled around in the murky depths. Yeah,' he said, 'but now you come to mention it, most of the actual minutes are pretty lousy.

To me, there's two kinds of music these days. There's ephemeral music, and there's music that has lasting power and depth.

That's a big part of my life - doing things that I'm not prepared to do. Doing things that I don't know how to do, and keep doing them until I get good at them. I always try to put myself out of my comfort zone and out of my depth, and hopefully somewhere along the line I'll catch up.