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By Maxime Lagacé Maxime is the founder of WisdomQuotes. He has been collecting quotes since 2004. His goal? To help you develop a calm and peaceful mind. Learn more about him on his about page.
The result? Thousands of great quotes organized by topic. But only a few are truly deep and thought-provoking. Here are 87 of the best deep quotes I’ve collected since 2004 after my girlfriend died in a car accident. Why should you read these quotes? You’ll think deeply about life You’ll better understand yourself You’ll gain peace and wisdomYou’ll discover deep thinkers like Voltaire, Lao Tzu, Rumi, Mary Oliver, Einstein, and lots more. Enjoy! Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future. Oscar Wilde The average men consume. The wise create. Maxime Lagacé Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. Oscar Wilde Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work. Gustave Flaubert The adventure of life is to learn. The purpose of life is to grow. The nature of life is to change. The challenge of life is to overcome. The essence of life is to care. The opportunity of life is to serve. The secret of life is to dare. The spice of life is to befriend. The beauty of life is to give. William Arthur Ward Don’t handicap your children by making their lives easy. Robert A. Heinlein Time is a created thing. To say “I don’t have time”, is like saying, “I don’t want to”. Lao Tzu Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree. Martin Luther Maybe you are searching among the branches, for what only appears in the roots. Rumi Advertisement Never to suffer would never to have been blessed. Edgar Allan Poe Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so. Bertrand Russell To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself. Søren Kierkegaard He who is untrue to his own cause cannot command the respect of others. Albert Einstein I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. Mark Twain Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong. Oscar Wilde We can see through others only when we can see through ourselves. Bruce Lee Listen to the people who are most quiet. Sahil Lavingia Genius is the recovery of childhood at will. Arthur Rimbaud Love is the foolishness of men, and the wisdom of God. Victor Hugo Advertisement To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work. Mary Oliver The wind howls, but the mountain remains still. Japanese proverb To be truly positive in the eyes of some, you have to risk appearing negative in the eyes of others. Criss Jami Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real. Neils Bohr God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh. Voltaire I don’t care that they stole my idea. I care that they don’t have any of their own. Nikola Tesla Sometimes people don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want their illusions destroyed. Friedrich Nietzsche What makes night within us may leave stars. Victor Hugo Are you afraid of the good you might do? Victor Hugo Dreams have only one owner at a time. That’s why dreamers are lonely. William Faulkner Stupidity lies in wanting to draw conclusions. Gustave Flaubert Advertisement If I love myself I love you. If I love you I love myself. Rumi Related 75 Words of Wisdom From The Best Minds (Ever) 89 Time Quotes (Profound, Important, Inspiring) 91 Of The Best Stoic Quotes (For A Better Life)Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers. Voltaire The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear. Rumi Let the beauty of what you love be what you do. Rumi Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters. Victor Hugo He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know. Lao Tzu All generalizations are dangerous, even this one. Alexandre Dumas Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Kahlil Gibran The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. William Faulkner I can resist anything except temptation. Oscar Wilde We suffer more often in imagination than in reality. Seneca People do not lack strength; they lack will. Victor Hugo Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit. Kahlil Gibran A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved. Kurt Vonnegut Related: 100+ Most Famous Quotes Of All Time
Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one. Voltaire Always go too far, because that’s where you’ll find the truth. Albert Camus Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect). Mark Twain When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. Lao Tzu Don’t settle, and don’t struggle. Naval Ravikant Conscience doth make cowards of us all. William Shakespeare Average people know how. Wise people know why. Maxime Lagacé What labels me, negates me. Søren Kierkegaard The merit of all things lies in their difficulty. Alexandre Dumas What you truly need is not stuff, comfort or ease, but meaning. Maxime Lagacé Better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion. Edward Abbey You are what you do, not what you say you’ll do. Carl Jung Success is an iceberg. Unknown A question asked is worth more than an answer received. James Pierce Passion is born deaf and dumb. Honoré de Balzac Close both eyes to see with the other eye. Rumi Overrated: inspiration. Underrated: discipline. Sahil Lavingia Take time like the river that never grows stale. Keep going and steady. No hurry, no rush. Rumi Of all lies, art is the least untrue. Gustave Flaubert The darker the night, the brighter the stars. Fyodor Dostoyevsky Common sense is in spite of, not the result of, education. Victor Hugo Nothing has more strength than dire necessity. Euripides The past is never dead. It’s not even past. William Faulkner I stick my finger into existence and it smells of nothing. Søren Kierkegaard They muddy the water, to make it seem deep. Friedrich Nietzsche No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell. Carl Jung Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is. Albert Camus Wisdom is observing pain and accepting it. Maxime Lagacé Arm yourself, my heart: the thing that you must do is fearful, yet inevitable. Euripides There is no truth. There is only perception. Gustave Flaubert What if everything in the world were a misunderstanding, what if laughter were really tears? Søren Kierkegaard All the problems of older times were scarcity… now they’re all abundance based. Naval Ravikant When you’re young, you want to be rich. When you’re rich, you want to be young. James Pierce Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality. Bertrand Russell To be sane in a world of madman is in itself madness. Jean-Jacques Rousseau Advertisement Whatever you feel, you become. It is your responsibility. Osho Civilization is a hopeless race to discover remedies for the evils it produces. Jean-Jacques Rousseau Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing. Euripides (Related: How to Ask the Right Question in the Right Way, entrepreneur.com) The problem is not to find the answer, it’s to face the answer. Terence McKenna The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places. Ernest Hemingway People spend too much time doing and not enough time thinking about what they should be doing. Naval Ravikant The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius. Oscar Wilde You can only see clearly when you close your eyes. Maxime Lagacé One day you will die. All of this will end. All there is to do is play. James Pierce Key Takeaways Life is change. But your ego wants certainty. You’ll improve your life by making discomfort your friend. Conforming is dying. Rebelling is living. Be you. Pain is a gift. It’s a springboard to a better life. Fools have answers. The wise have questions. Bored? Slow down. Look carefully. A few thoughts on deep thinking…I’ve always loved words that inspire and make me think. In fact, I started collecting quotes and journaling back in 2004 after I lost my girlfriend in a car accident. I was in search of answers and I felt reading thoughts by people like Confucius, Plato, Einstein, and Bruce Lee was helping me in this process. Then, I discovered more modern thinkers and writers like Leo Babauta, Shane Parrish, Tim Ferriss, and more recently Naval Ravikant. Through their words, I found some guidance for dealing with my problems and making better decisions. In sum, collecting quotes, journaling, reflecting, and meditating had a big positive effect on my life and my mental health. And I still have these habits today. I can’t imagine my life without doing these. What is your process to reflect and grow? 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He started journaling, reflecting, writing his thoughts, feelings and quotes. His goal was to understand his pain, his depression, his fears, his lack of motivation and inspiration. He finished his software engineering degree in 2007 at the École de Technologie Supérieure de Montréal. A few years later, he started his first website to share his love of quotes. Maxime is a father of two, husband, and INFJ. Other notable interests of Maxime are health (mental and physical), meditation, bananas, SEO, human potential, and education. You can find him on X, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, LinkedIn, YouTube. Last updateMarch 20, 2023 Disclaimer: This article may include affiliate links to books and products we think are useful for our readers. If you choose buy through links on this page, we may earn a little commission at no extra cost to you. In the end, this will help WisdomQuotes become better. Thank you. |
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