15 Profound Criminal Minds Quotes That Will Inspire You

"Find the place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain."

Referenced in "Hope" (Episode 8, Season 7).

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"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls. The most massive characters are seared with scars."

Referenced in "The Perfect Storm" (Episode 2, Season 3).

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"How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours."

Referenced in "The Boys of Sudworth Place" (Episode 8, Season 10). 

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"There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They are messengers of overwhelming grief and unspeakable love."

Referenced in "Retaliation" (Episode 11, Season 5).

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"Death ends a life, not a relationship."

Referenced in "In Blood" (Episode 6, Season 9).

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"Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of overcoming it."

Referenced in "Aftermath" (Episode 5, Season 2).

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"Birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them?"

Referenced in "Plain Sight" (Episode 4, Season 1).

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"Hope is the thing with feathers, that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without the words, and never stops at all."

Referenced in "Mosley Lane" (Episode 16, Season 5).

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"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched—they must be felt with the heart."

Referenced in "Corazon" (Episode 12, Season 6).

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"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."

Referenced in "Plain Sight" (Episode 4, Season 1).

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"Love is giving someone the ability to destroy you, but trusting them not to."

Referenced in "I Love You Tommy Brown" (Episode 17, Season 7).

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"Try again, fail again. Fail better."

Referenced in "Extreme Aggressor" (Episode 1, Season 1).

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"One of the deep secrets in life is that all that is really worth doing is what we do for others."

Referenced in "Through the Looking Glass" (Episode 3, Season 8).

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"So much of what is best in us is bound up in our love of family, that it remains the measure of our stability because it measures our sense of loyalty."

Referenced in "100" (Episode 9, Season 5).

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"In order to learn the most important lessons in life, one must each day surmount a fear."

Referenced in "Lessons Learned" (Episode 10, Season 2).

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