#profound

Happiness is not about what happens to you, but how you choose to respond to what happens. ↗

— Karen Salmansohn

#inspiration #profound #truth #inspirational

The sadness which reigned everywhere was but an excuse for unfailing kindness. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#love #profound #inspirational

She saw too that man has the power of exceeding himself, of becoming himself more entirely and profoundly than he is, truths which have only recently begun to be seen in Europe and seem even now too great for its common intelligence. ↗

— Sri Aurobindo

#begun #common #entirely #europe #even

Bambi has a profound effect on children because it's about losing your mother. ↗

— Christine Baranski

#bambi #because #children #effect #losing

Friends have suggested that I am the least qualified person to talk about happiness, because I am often down, and sometimes profoundly depressed. But I think that's where my qualification comes from. Because to know happiness, it helps to know unhappiness. ↗

— Alastair Campbell

#am #because #comes #depressed #down

The world has changed profoundly since our programs were first established. ↗

— Kim Campbell

#established #first #our #profoundly #programs

Losing my mom at such a young age had a profound effect on my life. ↗

— Molly Shannon

#effect #had #life #losing #mom

From a distance,' he says, 'my car looks just like every other car on the freeway, and Sarah Byrnes looks just like the rest of us. And if she's going to get help, she'll get it from herself or she'll get it from us. Let me tell you why I brought this up. Because the other day when I saw how hard it was for Mobe to go to the hospital to see her, I was embarrassed that I didn't know her better, that I ever laughed at one joke about her. I was embarrassed that I let some kid go to school with me for twelve years and turned my back on pain that must be unbearable. I was embarrassed that I haven't found a way to include her somehow the way Mobe has.' Jesus. I feel tears welling up, and I see them running down Ellerby's cheeks. Lemry better get a handle on this class before it turns into some kind of therapy group. So,' Lemry says quietly, 'your subject will be the juxtaposition of man and God in the universe?' Ellerby shakes his head. 'My subject will be shame. ↗

— Chris Crutcher

#fiction #moral-courage #profound #courage

There was a queen that was overthrown here. So I was affected by all of that and felt profoundly grateful for the opportunity to live in Hawaii, and I set out at once to try to fit in. ↗

— Neil Abercrombie

#felt #fit #grateful #hawaii #here

I am much chastened and profoundly remorseful. I can only hope that the Almighty and those whom I have wronged will forgive me my trespasses. ↗

— Jack Abramoff

#am #forgive #forgive me #give me #hope