Peter Rabbit, for all its gentle tininess, loudly proclaims that no story is worth the writing, no picture worth the making, if… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
As far as which writers embody this form of gentle power - Tobias Wolff, for sure. His persona and his writing both… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
But death was sweet, death was gentle, death was kind; death healed the bruised spirit and the broken heart, and gave them… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Each man forms his duty according to his predominant characteristic; the stern require an avenging judge; the gentle, a forgiving father. Just… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Careless of books, yet having felt the power Of Nature, by the gentle agency Of natural objects, led me on to feel… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
“You need what I call the Gentle Powers.’ ‘Oh, please tell me what they are!’ ‘Beauty, and Time, and the Past and… — Stella Gibbons Copy Share Image
Blue is the male principle, stern and spiritual. Yellow the female principle, gentle, cheerful and sensual. Red is matter, brutal and heavy… — Franz Marc Copy Share Image
A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
“Silk is a fine, delicate, soft, illuminating, beautiful substance. But you can never rip it! If a man takes this tender silk… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
But the moon came slowly up in all her gentle glory, and the stars looked out, and through the small compass of… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Just a little rain falling all around The grass lifts its head to the heavenly sound Just a little rain, just a… — Malvina Reynolds Copy Share Image
At that moment I had a thrilling sharp intuition. I knew it as if I held it in my hands: In the… — Banana Yoshimoto Copy Share Image
Loving the self, to me, begins with never ever criticizing ourselves for anything. Criticism locks us into the very pattern we are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The gentle rain which waters my beans and keeps me in the house today is not drear and melancholy, but good for… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
A comma . . . catches the gentle drift of the mind in thought, turning in on itself and back on itself,… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
Sometimes I have experienced God in extraordinary ways - in dramatic surprises or soul-expanding insights or unexplainable mystical encounters. More often, I… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
Always meet petulance with gentleness and perverseness with kindness. A gentle hand can lead even en elephant by a hair. Reply to… — Zoroaster Copy Share Image
A gentle mixture of furniture expresses life and continuity but it must be a judicious mixture that flows and mixes well. It… — Nancy Lancaster Copy Share Image
Sleep, rest of nature, O sleep, most gentle of the divinities, peace of the soul, thou at whose presence care disappears, who… — Ovid Copy Share Image
That wit is truly amiable, which gladdens and enlivens every thing, which shines with a lustre gentle, but not faint, and powerful,… — Jeremiah Seed Copy Share Image
This sound meditation is gentle and subtle, but its benefits are extensive, in that it allows you to gently release tension that… — Tom Kenyon Copy Share Image
There is to me a daintiness about early flowers that touches me like poetry. They blow out with such a simple loveliness… — Nathaniel Parker Willis Copy Share Image
“Instead of trying to be taller than others, stronger than others, more superior to others, try to be gentler than others, more… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
For wanderers, dreamers, and lovers, for lonely men and women who dare to ask of life everything good and beautiful. It is… — James Kavanaugh Copy Share Image
If I profane with my unworthiest hand This holy shrine, the gentle fine is this: My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Blessed are the happiness-makers! Blessed are they that take away attritions, that remove friction, that make the courses of life smooth, and… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
It is in my nature to be kind,gentle and loving. But know this: When it comes to matters of protecting my friends,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The animals you eat are not those who devour others; you do not eat the carnivorous beasts, you take them as your… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
The cow is an exceptionally loving and gentle creature. She cries for days when her calf is taken from her. It is… — Helen Weston Copy Share Image
Practice being gentle, respectful and loving toward the life force in all things. Remind yourself that your efforts do make a difference,… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
I feel that we should not only maintain gentle, peaceful relations with our fellow human beings bur also that is very important… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“You need not to love everyone, but you need to be polite with everyone, people will appreciate your politeness more than your… — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
What do you do when life blindfolds you and spins you around? We think it's our fault, that we're to blame, when… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Some animals are cunning and evil-disposed, as the fox; others, as the dog, are fierce, friendly, and fawning. Some are gentle and… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Comfort me from wherever you are–alone, we are quickly worn out; if I place my head on the road, let it seem… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which… — Oliver Cromwell Copy Share Image
Compared to Americans, Canadians are often more gentle in their approach to things. They're much more apologetic. There's less room for conflict. — Joseph Boyden Copy Share Image
All the laws and legislation in the world will never heal this world like the loving hearts and arms of mothers and… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
Let no man think to kill sin with few, easy, or gentle strokes. He who hath once smitten a serpent, if he… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I love doing this day, and George was exactly as he's always been, very calm and very gentle, and if I'm in… — Jeremy Bulloch Copy Share Image
