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Question: What is the most profound phrase you've ever heard!?
Can't choose from the following (you can help if you want or add some of your own!)

"It is only in the face of true horror that we find our nobler selves"

"To thine oneself be true"

"Aim for the moon and you'll hit the stars"Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
"a man never stands so tall as when he stoops to the aid of a little child"
to whomever posted this one!.!.thank you!. it's beautiful!.

and my personal favorite:

"When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky!."
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"No pain, no gain"

"Be not obsessed in the pursuit of perfection, for when you
think you have reached up there, you will find nowhere else to go, but to spiral down to depression or insanity"

"Time and industry produce every day new knowledge"

"The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators"

"True Happiness depends on what you can give, not what you can get"

"Happiness lies, first of all, in good health"

"True happiness and pleasure in marriage comes more readily in an average-looking partner with lesser curves but above-average qualities, than in a beauty queen with lesser values"

"Any person in extreme circumstances is a potential cannibal or criminal if the situation warrants it"Www@QuestionHome@Com

"God dwells within you as you"!. by Swami Muktananda Paramahamsa!.
second most profound phrase;
"The mind is not for thinking, the mind is for receiving thought"!.
Given to me early one quiet morning!.in 1976!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Science has found a cure for most evils except for the worst of them all, the apathy of human beings!. - Helen Keller

o know what you prefer, instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world says you ought ot prefer, is to have kept your soul alive - Robert Lewis Stevenson!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

"a man never stands so tall as when he stoops to the aid of a little child"

"there are more things in heaven and earth Horatio, than is found in your philosophy"

"there are none so blind as those who will not see"

"from the mouth of babes ushers great wisdom"

"perfect love casteth out all fear"

"a man should reach beyond his grasp, or what else is heaven for!?"Www@QuestionHome@Com

Generally, I think truly profound ideas are not best expressed in single phrases!. However, I do like this one very much, although to fully understand it you need to read the whole book:

"Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent!."Www@QuestionHome@Com

"Think of happiness as a by-product, not a goal-in-itself!."

"Ultimately, you do what you want to do!."

"The purpose of life is life itself!."

"There is no heaven that can justify the undeserved sufferings of humanity!."Www@QuestionHome@Com

I don't find any of the ones you listed to be profound, so I gave you one I enjoy quoting:

"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity!."Www@QuestionHome@Com

"you don't say too much!.!.!.!.but when you do it's profound"

"television!.!.!.!.the vision teller"

"I wish I would have studied abroad!.!.!.so I could study a broad"

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Show me a good loser and I will show you a loserWww@QuestionHome@Com

"Not everything has a solution"!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

It's not really profound, but I always liked and could relate to:

"Time you enjoy wasting, is not time wasted!."

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Carpe Diem from the film Dead Poets Society

Seize The Day

http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Carpe_diemWww@QuestionHome@Com

However mean your life is, meet it and live it!. (Henry David Thoreau)Www@QuestionHome@Com

"Can I buy you a drink!?"Www@QuestionHome@Com

"These things too, will change!."Www@QuestionHome@Com

You never know what you are going to getWww@QuestionHome@Com

Learn to say "I don't know!."Www@QuestionHome@Com