“Only the shallow know themselves.”

“Rigid distinctions between the deep and the shallow are generally themselves quite superficial.”

“You know, ogres only sound stupid. Most are pretty smart."

"And it's a shallow person who judges anyone by the way they sound. I'm so shallow I'm surprised I don't reflect myself.”

“Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.”

“Conversely, a shallow, quick breath only half-nourishes, and is the partner of fear, nervousness and self-consciousness; whilst the uneven uncontrolled breath allows the person to become ‘beside themselves* with the emotional disturbance and indecision.”

“Let all Men know thee, but no man know thee thoroughly: Men freely ford that see the shallows.”

“that which is eternal within the moment only becomes shallow if spread out in time.”

“It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible….”

“He is only a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of the Conservative.”

“Religious tolerance would be a shallow principle indeed if it were reserved only for faiths with which we agree.”