Gentle Quotes

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To cleave that sea [the Aegean] in the gentle autumnal season, murmuring the name of each islet, is to my mind the joy most apt… — Nikos Kazantzakis
Her air, her manners, all who saw admir'd; Courteous though coy, and gentle though retir'd; The joy of youth and health her eyes display'd, And… — George Crabbe
Whose wit in the combat, as gentle as bright, Ne'er carried a heart-stain away on its blade. — Charles Lamb
The cow is an exceptionally loving and gentle creature. She cries for days when her calf is taken from her. It is a pitiful sound,… — Unknown Author
When you see the trees swaying to the tune of a gentle breeze... think of it as a dance in your honor. — Marjolein Bastin
Be persecuted, rather than be a persecutor. Be crucified, rather than be a crucifier. Be treated unjustly, rather than treat anyone unjustly. Be oppressed, rather… — Isaac of Nineveh
Imagination must first be filled to the point of saturation with life of every kind before the moment arrives when the friction of free sociability… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
There are many different types of kisses. There's a passionate kiss of farewell - like the kind Rhett gave Scarlett when he went off to… — Colleen Houck
There are five signs of righteousness: a gentle disposition and a soft heart, shedding tears of regret, ascetism and not caring about the world, being… — Unknown Author
Trees bend low with ripened fruit; clouds hang down with gentle rain; noble people bow graciously. This is the way of generous things. — Bhartrhari
The disposition of noble dogs is to be gentle with people they know and the opposite with those they don't know...How, then, can the dog… — Plato
Live in rooms full of light. Avoid heavy food. Be moderate in the drinking of wine. Take massage, baths, exercise, and gymnastics. Fight insomnia with… — Aulus Cornelius Celsus
Love and the gentle heart are but the same thing. — Dante Alighieri
In a state-run society the government promises you security. But it's a false promise predicated on the idea that the opposite of security is risk.… — Theodore J. Forstmann
Boys have their soft and gentle moods too. You would suppose by the morning racket that nothing could be more foreign to their nature than… — Henry Ward Beecher
I have learned nothing in twenty years that would suggest that evil people can be rapidly influenced by any means other than raw power. They… — M. Scott Peck
I will not kill or hurt any living creature needlessly, nor destroy any beautiful thing, but will strive to save and comfort all gentle life,… — John Ruskin
I was used to playing misled youth, rough-and-tumble guys. It was nice to get back to a big-hearted, warm and gentle soul, a guy who… — Unknown Author
I admire people with gentle manners who treat other people as human beings. — David Ogilvy
If people ever look down upon you for crying for fictional characters, you should give them a gentle, pitying look and feel bad for them.… — Cassandra Clare

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