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“Possibly because I've lived so much of my life in difficult circumstances, I think I have a more profound understanding of life.”

Thinking Difficult Understanding Circumstances Profound Difficult Circumstances

Author:Mo Yan

“Profound things are simple. If it is not simple, it cannot be true. But simple things are difficult.”

Ifs Difficult Simple Profound Being True Simple Things

Author:Douglas Harding

“If there is some profound method that offers a quick way, we would rather follow that than undertake arduous journeys and difficult practices. But some manual work and physical effort is necessary.”

Ifs Way Difficult Effort Practice Journey Offers Method Profound Manuals Manual Work

Book:The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume One: Born in Tibet; Meditation in Action; Mudra; Selected Writings

Source: The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume One: Born in Tibet; Meditation in Action; Mudra; Selected Writings

“Shakespeare, Butler and Bacon have rendered it extremely difficult for all who come after them to be sublime, witty or profound.”

Difficult Profound Witty Sublime Butlers

Book:Lacon: or, Many things in few words

Source: Lacon: or, Many things in few words

“Some authors write nonsense in a clear style, and others sense in an obscure one; some can reason without being able to persuade, others can persuade without being able to reason; some dive so deep that they descend into darkness, and others soar so high that they give us no light; and some, in a vain attempt to be cutting and dry, give us only that which is cut and dried. We should labor, therefore, to treat with ease of things that are difficult; with familiarity, of things that are novel; and with perspicuity, of things that are profound.”

Source: Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think

“Soon there will be nothing truly profound that is not achieved by everyone, and of the difficult things in this world only one will be left: simplicity.”

World Left Difficult This World Achievement Profound Simplicity Difficult Things

Author:Franz Grillparzer

“The internet has extended the possibility of making art to more people, and particularly of enabling it to be seen by others. I am sure the internet is having a profound impact on art, particularly those who have grown up with it, but making good art will remain as difficult (and as easy) as it ever was. Having a lasting impact may become more not less difficult.”

People May Art Easy Difficult Possibility Internet Impact Profound Lasting Enabling Good Art Lasting Impact

Author:Michael Craig-Martin

“The journey will be difficult. The road will be long. I face this challenge with profound humility, and knowledge of my own limitations. But I also face it with limitless faith in the capacity of the American people.”

People Long Faces Difficult Challenges My Own Powerful Journey Humility Capacity Profound Limitation Limitless

Author:Barack Obama