Definition of profunda

("Editorials"...)

He is a Buddhist , which means that to him peace and the sanctity of human life are not_only religious dogma , but a profound and unshakable Weltanschauung .

(Jaroslav Pelikan, The Shape of Death: life, death and...)

It is probably fair to say that the idea of death is more profound in Irenaeus than the idea of sin is .

(Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)

Nothing in_all the preceding years had had the power to bring me closer to a knowledge of profound sorrow than the breakup of camp , the packing away of my camp uniforms , the severing of ties with the six or ten people I had grown most to love in the world .

(Evan Esar, Humorous English; a guide to comic ,...)

And a witty American journalist remarked over a century ago what is even more true today , `` Many_a writer seems to think he is never profound except when he can n't understand his own meaning '' .

(Leo Lemon, "Catch Up With" and "Something to...)

Although the play does show a certain structural amateurishness ( there are eleven acts varying in length from twenty-five seconds to an hour and a half ) , the statement it makes concerning the ceaseless yearning and searching of youth is profound and worthy of our attention .