Quotes about Depth

Shallow desires produce only shallow efforts.

We need to keep a gauge on our hearts so we can process, clarify, and understand our lives and relationships more deeply.

But in the end, one-sided views make for pretty flat-looking works of art.

The finest emotion of which we are capable is the mystic emotion.

In the divine Scriptures, there are shallows and there are deeps; shallows where the lamb may wade, and deeps where the elephant may swim.

Sometimes you have to shove all the surface stuff to the side in order to see what's underneath.

The roots of the strongest tree grow deep.

There is always one fact more in every man's case about which we know nothing.

The man who speaks with primordial images, speaks with a thousand tongues.

Men in all ways are better than they seem.

Christians possess a shallow understanding of the gospel as a result of years of hearing short "gospel presentations" tacked onto the ends of sermons. Still others who know the message of Christ find themselves feeling awkward and incapable of sharing the good news clearly with family and friends. Taking steps to be sure we know the gospel with some clarity and depth, then, is necessary.

The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid.