We may never be strong enough to be entirely non-violent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep non-violence as our… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
India will teach us the tolerance and gentleness of mature mind, understanding spirit and a unifying, pacifying love for all human beings. — Will Durant Copy Share Image
The Saviour reigned in all their hearts, and they successfully copied the pattern of meekness and gentleness, which he had left them. — John Strachan Copy Share Image
Joy is love exalted; peace is love in response; long-suffering is love enduring; gentleness is love in society; goodness is love in… — Dwight L. Moody Copy Share Image
You cannot be too gentle, too kind. Shun even to appear harsh in your treatment of each other. Joy, radiant joy, streams… — Seraphim of Sarov Copy Share Image
Be considerate and compassionate, don't be harsh. You will achieve through gentleness that which you cannot achieve through harshness. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If, when stung by slander or ill-nature, we wax proud and swell with anger, it is a proof that our gentleness and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Gentleness is given to those who have learned that God will not have his kingdom triumph through the violence of the world,… — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
Both gentleness and meekness are born of power, not weakness. There is a pseudo-gentlene ss that is effeminate, and there is a… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct. Kindness, gentleness, long suffering, forbearance, patience, sympathy, a willingness to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I believe the powers of observation in numbers of very young children to be quite wonderful for its closeness and accuracy. Indeed,… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
You have filled my tea with lumps of sugar, and though I asked most distinctly for bread and butter, you have given… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“SILENT LIKE SLEEP You appear by my side, silent like sleep. Soft hair, a little wild. No fear, gentle like a calm… — Donna Goddard Copy Share Image
No doubt it is true that there is more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner repented than over all the saints who… — Booth Tarkington Copy Share Image
“I don’t know for sure, but I think maybe God was trying to tell me that gentleness begins with strength, quietness with… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
Ira [Gershwin] was the shyest, most diffident boy we had ever known. In a class of lower east side rapscallions, his soft-spoken… — Yip Harburg Copy Share Image
Time, of course, topples everyone in its path equally- the way that driver beats his old horse until it dies. But the… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
It seems to me that a Latter-day Saint parent has a responsibility in love and gentleness to affirm the teaching of the… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
Finally getting control of myself, I kissed her again, then brought my hand to her face, gently running my fingers over her… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Strangers who have seen Shaw face to face are wont to report their surprise at his gentleness and consideration, his willingness to… — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
“[I]f we revert to history, we shall find that the women who have distinguished themselves have neither been the most beautiful nor… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
But perhaps, after so much talk and fighting, unspoken words do create a silence in whose gentleness the survivors of good and… — Miljenko Jergovic Copy Share Image
Is not birth, beauty, good shape, discourse, Manhood, learning, gentleness, virtue, youth, liberality, and such like, the spice and salt that season… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
By learning to open your heart and body while embracing and trusting all energies, from rough ravishment to sublime gentleness, you can… — David Deida Copy Share Image
With that gentleness I can be bold; with that economy I can be liberal; shrinking from taking precedence of others, I can… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Concord River is remarkable for the gentleness of its current, which is scarcely perceptible, and some have referred to its influence the… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
A man must have something to grumble about; and if he can't complain that his wife harries him to death with her… — Anne Bronte Copy Share Image
“She was sweetness and light, gentleness and goodness, and the burning and searing goal of all his earthly hunts and fascinations.” — Sylvain Reynard Copy Share Image
You overrate my capacity of love. I don't posess half the warmth of nature you believe me to have. An unprotected childhood… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
[I]f the gentleness of your spirit needs a dash of vinegar, borrow a little from Our Lord's spirit. O Mademoiselle, how well… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
What you do for yourself, any gesture of kindness, any gesture of gentleness, any gesture of honesty and clear seeing toward yourself,… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
I always knew one thing, that life is made bearable and possible and liveable by the relations of one human being to… — Katherine Anne Porter Copy Share Image
Part a of scene from 'Bitterblue' between Madlen (Bitterblue's medicine woman) and Bitterblue: Madlen came to sit beside her [Bitterblue] on the… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
The silliest and most tendentious of baseball writing tries to wrest profundity from the spectacle of grown men hitting a ball with… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
The only thing that I can personally turn to is compassion, gentleness, a willingness to allow myself to be angry instead of… — Laura Dern Copy Share Image
You can open to God through sex. By learning to open your heart and body while embracing and trusting all energies from… — David Deida Copy Share Image
Being empowered includes developing the powerful qualities that lead human beings to cultivate wellness and healing. And those are the same qualities… — Bryan Kest Copy Share Image
Sexuality is primarily a means of communicating with other people, a way of talking to them, of expressing our feelings about ourselves… — Robert C. Solomon Copy Share Image
The fruit of solitude is increased sensitivity and compassion for others. There comes a new freedom to be with people. There is… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
The greatest barrier to own own healing is not the pain, sorrow or violence inflicted upon us as children. Our greatest hindrance… — Wayne Muller Copy Share Image
![“Ira [Gershwin] was the shyest, most diffident boy we had ever known. In a class of lower east side rapscallions, his soft-spoken gentleness and low-keyed personality made him a lovable incongruity. He spoke in murmurs, hiding behind a pair of steel-rimmed glasses..Ira had a kid brother who wore…” quote by Yip Harburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/906/yip-harburg-20358_behinds_ira-gershwin-was-the-shyest-most-diffide_2038597.png)
![“[I]f we revert to history, we shall find that the women who have distinguished themselves have neither been the most beautiful nor the most gentle of their sex.” quote by Mary Wollstonecraft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfa/mary-wollstonecraft-1568_achievement_i-f-we-revert-to-history-we-shall-find-t_2921849.png)
![“[I]f the gentleness of your spirit needs a dash of vinegar, borrow a little from Our Lord's spirit. O Mademoiselle, how well He knew how to find a bittersweet remark when it is needed!” quote by Vincent de Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/546/vincent-de-paul-1676_bittersweet_i-f-the-gentleness-of-your-spirit-needs_81360.jpg)
![“Part a of scene from 'Bitterblue' between Madlen (Bitterblue's medicine woman) and Bitterblue: Madlen came to sit beside her [Bitterblue] on the bed. "Lady Queen," she said with her own particular brand of rough gentleness. "It is not the job of the child to protect her mother. It's the mother's…” quote by Kristin Cashore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b8/kristin-cashore-369_allowing_part-a-of-scene-from-bitterblue-between_506568.png)
