Gentleness Quotes

260 Gentleness quotes by 205 unique authors

There is in all visible things an invisible fecundity, a dimmed light, a meek namelessness, a hidden wholeness. This mysterious unity and integrity is wisdom,… — Thomas Merton
I contend that non-violent acts exert pressure far more effective than violent acts, for the pressure comes from goodwill and gentleness. — Mahatma Gandhi
When gratitude replaces judgment, peace spreads throughout your body, gentleness embraces your soul, & wisdom fills your mind. — Neale Donald Walsch
We all remember how many religious wars were fought for a religion of love and gentleness; how many bodies were burned alive with the genuinely… — Karl Popper
As all things eternal and primordial reappear, so all things mortal return to the earth. Honor, old age, probity, justice, constance, virtue, and gentleness are… — Francis Quarles
O Jesus, come back into our society, our family life, our souls and reign there as our peaceful Sovereign. Enlighten with the splendor of faith… — Pope John XXIII
India will teach us the tolerance and gentleness of mature mind, understanding spirit and a unifying, pacifying love for all human beings. — Will Durant
There is generosity in giving, but gentleness in receiving. — Freya Stark
But perhaps, after so much talk and fighting, unspoken words do create a silence in whose gentleness the survivors of good and bad can sleep… — Miljenko Jergovic
I think maybe God was trying to tell me that gentleness begins with strength, quietness with security. A great tree is both moved and unmoved,… — Rachel Held Evans
Many of the phenomena of Winter are suggestive of an inexpressible tenderness and fragile delicacy. We are accustomed to hear this king described as a… — Henry David Thoreau
Yao Ming is the best thing to happen to the NBA in a long time. He is just a beautiful person inside and out. The… — Bill Walton
A great swindle of our time is the assumption that science has made religion obsolete. All science has damaged is the story of Adam and… — Kurt Vonnegut
Nothing is so strong as gentleness. — Ralph Washington Sockman
Although our love is waning, let us stand by the lone border of the lake once more, together in that hour of gentleness. When the… — William Butler Yeats
AugustineThe wounds of a friend are better than the kisses of an enemy. To love with sternness is better than to deceive with gentleness.... In… — Saint Augustine
With gentleness overcome anger. With generosity overcome meanness. With truth overcome deceit. — Gautama Buddha
The greatest barrier to own own healing is not the pain, sorrow or violence inflicted upon us as children. Our greatest hindrance is our ongoing… — Wayne Muller
The great mind knows the power of gentleness. — Robert Browning
The message of this season that is applicable throughout the year lies not in the receiving of earthly presents and treasures but in the forsaking… — James E. Faust
Everything in Irenaeus is bathed in a warm and radiant joy, a wise and majestic gentleness. His words of struggle are hard as iron and… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
Gentleness is given to those who have learned that God will not have his kingdom triumph through the violence of the world, for such a… — Stanley Hauerwas
My dearest dearest dear Albert sat on a footstool by my side and his excessive love and affection gave me feelings of heavenly love and… — Queen Victoria
You will find out that Charity is a heavy burden to carry, heavier than the kettle of soup and the full basket. But you will… — St. Vincent
In the maxims of the law, God is seen as the rewarder of perfect righteousness and the avenger of sin. But in Christ, His face… — John Calvin

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