Depth Quotes

“you are here.
the moontides are here.
and that’s all that matters.”
― Sanober Khan

“let my heart always be
like it is...this very moment
ready to explode...with love
a violent rainstorm...
with no stream
no ocean vast enough
to flow into.”
― Sanober Khan, Turquoise Silence

“the sapphire depth
of my own love...startles
and warms
and wounds my soul.”
― Sanober Khan

“There is a wide yawning black infinity. In every direction the extension is endless, the sensation of depth is overwhelming. And the darkness is immortal. Where light exists, it is pure, blazing, fierce; but light exists almost nowhere, and the blackness itself is also pure and blazing and fierce. But most of all, there is very nearly nothing in the dark; except for little bits here and there, often associated with the light, this infinite receptacle is empty.

This picture is strangely frightening. It should be familiar. It is our universe.

Even these stars, which seem so numerous, are, as sand, as dust, or less than dust, in the enormity of the space in which there is nothing. Nothing! We are not without empathetic terror when we open Pascal’s Pensées and read, 'I am the great silent spaces between worlds.'

[From an undated, handwritten piece of text from the early 1950s which Sagan wrote when he was an undergraduate at the University of Chicago]”
― Carl Sagan

“The depth of your pain will always be equal to the depth of your love.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“I could tell he was just as scared to love as I,
But we still both carelessly climbed into eachothers arms and before we knew it, love had found us.”
― Nikki rowe

“You were almost like a haiku: said so little, but meant so much.”
― Abraham Algahanem

“Thoughts and sorrows seem to have remained on the other side of the mountains. Between tormented men and hateful deeds, a person has to think and sorrow so much! Back there it is so difficult and so desperately important to find a reason for staying alive. How else should a person go on living? Sheer misery makes one profound.”
― Hermann Hesse, Wandering

“It is a part of probability that many improbabilities will happen.”
― Aristotle

“Our lives consist of a series of internal battles, deep within us, where weapons don't exist and technology is unable to create devices that better the best of yesterday. Our knowledge is our only defense; caution, our only friend.”
― A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar

“she will change the world someday, her cure of love in a world gone mad; is the gentle kind of touch that will teach women to grow and men to rise.”
― Nikki Rowe

“What stays with you longest and deepest? Of curious panics, of hard-fought engagements or sieges tremendous what deepest remains?”
― Walt Whitman

“Her eyes were celadon saucers but bottomless, of such great depth that she could take in the knowledge of whole worlds and have room in that gaze for still more.”
― Dean Koontz, Deeply Odd

“I didn't know someone whom I wasn't seeking, could make me feel like I didn't need to search anymore.”
― Nikki Rowe

“The more a mind thinks upon something, the deeper it will take root and affect all subsequent and related thought.”
― A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar

“. . . most martial artists want to know how A technique is done, A seasoned Sensei will demonstrate why”
― Soke Behzad Ahmadi, Dirty Fighting : Lethal Okinawan Karate

“Life has its enigmatic events, that can make it a mystery, or my misery. It all depends on how I view it.”
― Anthony Liccione

“Love can take you from any depth and place you on the highest mountain.”
― Bryant McGill, Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

“Heartfelt communicators make such a difference in the lives of others through their authentic depth and sincere expression.”
― Miya Yamanouchi, Embrace Your Sexual Self: A Practical Guide for Women

“Perhaps I asked too large —
I take — no less than skies —
For Earths, grow thick as
Berries, in my native town —

My Basket holds — just — Firmaments —
Those — dangle easy — on my arm,
But smaller bundles — Cram.”
― Emily Dickinson, The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson

“Stop fishing for deep sea perch in a pond, because when you reel in gold fish, you’ll only end up disappointed. In time the thrill of catching will wear off, and then you’ll realise it’s not the deep sea dwelling creature you were truly after.

See when your own depths match that of the ocean, you will eventually need to accept that no pond can fill you.”
― Nicole Bonomi

“I sat and asked God a question, never before now had I felt he was truly listening; Or was it i, that disrupted his appearance...
Why God, must the treasures of our world be hard done by and the enemies of life become greater in their scheme of manipulation?
Oh dear one, I chose the strong ones to hand the deepest lessons, because I know they can handle it and soon enough they will too.
The ones that twiddle their thumbs and become ignorant to what's their truth; will attract what they are and continue in the circle of vicious greed. They'll eventually grow, like you did too.
It may just take time, and your time now is bettering your existence from the struggle you've faced.”
― Nikki rowe

“All that is shallow defends itself with much stronger rationalisations than that with a terrible depth. It is the rule.”
― Harshit Walia

“The only depth where I can breathe, and don't need to fight for air, is in your love.”
― Anthony Liccione

“This is love--not what we say to each other but what we not say. Sometime it just one look exchange. Sometime one word. But underlining everything we say or not say, something else. Something heavy and deep, like when we in bed and looking into each other's eyes. For six years, everything between husband and me was on top, like skin. Now it hidden, like bone and muscle. [...] He care for me now. He finally see me. And he like what he see.”
― Thrity Umrigar

“When all the battles are fought then the biggest battle is, the battle to honour and treasure the hard won victory.”
― Newton G Kibiringi

“...there is a danger of churning out students who are rapid processors of information but may not necessarily be more reflective, thoughtful, and able to give sustained consideration to the information that matters most.”
― Karen Bohlin, Teaching Character Education through Literature

“Horizontal expansion loses the depth, though excessive depth that only provokes darkness is futile. Therefore a balance between depth and vastness is essential in learning”
― Priyavrat Thareja

“In your search for a rich or wealthy man to complete you, standup to the challenges of deserving a right man, and what you will have in the end is a well-rounded partner.”
― Darmie Orem

“The thing which disappoints me most about the human race is the extraordinary lack of substance and depth, and the avoidance of opportunities where there is a possibility of experiencing something profound.”
― Ray Mancini, Zen, Meditation & the Art of Shooting: Performance Edge - Sports Edition