“You are the song of every bird, you are the poet's every word, every artist's picture, every writer's play.” PlayArtistSongPoetBirdProfound Author:Dolly Parton
“God's poet is silence! His song is unspoken, And yet so profound, so loud, and so far, It fills you, it thrills you with measures unbroken, And as soft, and as fair, and as far as a star.” SongStarsSilencePoetFairsProfoundLoudUnspokenUnbroken Book:Songs of the Sun-lands Source: Songs of the Sun-lands
“I feel that women of my kind are a profound mistake. There have been few women poets of distinction, and, if we count only the suicides of Sappho, Lawrence Hope and Charlotte Mew, their despair rate has been very high.” IfsFeelsKindHas BeensMistakePoetDespairSuicideProfoundRateDistinctionCharlotte Author:Anna Wickham
“Delicate, gracious, and eloquent, John Brandi's poems reveal that he remains an extraordinary profound poet of prayer and praise. His is the most honorable and heroic of ambitions - to dress our broken world in the clothes of language, trust, and hope.” WorldLanguagePrayerPoetBrokenAmbitionClothesPraiseDressesRemainsProfoundExtraordinaryHeroicDelicateHonorableGraciousEloquentBroken World Author:David St. John
“You can recollect the sayings of great men, you treasure up verse of renowned poets; ought you not be equally profound in your knowledge of the words of God, so that you may be able to quote them readily when you would solve a difficulty or overthrow a doubt?” MenMayAbleDoubtPoetOughtDifficultyProfoundSolveTreasureGreat MenWord Of GodVersesRenowned Author:Charles Spurgeon
“Thich Nhat Hanh has the ability to express some of the most profound teachings of interdependence and emptiness I've ever heard. With the eloquence of a poet, he holds up a sheet of paper and teaches us that the rain cloud and the tree and the logger who cut the tree down are all there in the paper. He's been one of the most significant carriers of the lamp of the dharma to the West that we have had.” AbilityTeachCuttingHeardTreeTeachingPoetPaperRainProfoundWestCloudsSignificantEmptinessSheetsLampsDharmaEloquenceInterdependenceCarrierThich Nhat HanhRain Clouds Author:Jack Kornfield
“What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in his heart but whose lips are so formed that as sighs and cries pass over them they sound like beautiful music.” HeartPersonsBeautifulSoundMusicCryPoetProfoundLipsUnhappyThriveAnguishSighBeautiful MusicUnhappy Person Author:Soren Kierkegaard
“It's this thing that's going on all the time - aging. Paul Auster quotes the poet George Opren on growing old: "What a strange thing to happen to a little boy." Which I think is so profound.” ThinkingBoysStrangePoetAgingProfoundGrowing OldLittle Boys Author:Geoff Dyer