Sensitive Quotes
861 quotes by 739 authors
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No one was ever born without that light or flame of life. Some event, some person stifles or drowns it altogether. I was always tempted…
— Anais Nin
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We must imbue our children with principles of the higher-self, principles which see all people as true equals, and above all, which are sensitive to…
— Bryant H. McGill
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A clean and sensitive conscience, a steady and scrupulous integrity in small things as well as large, is the most valuable of all possessions, to…
— Henry Van Dyke
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I have now transformed into a sensitive; a person who is able to detect when spirits are present. It's a skill that's evolved over hundreds…
— Zak Bagans
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You have to build a culture of philanthropy. In a country like India, we need to be sensitive and caring about the poorer, more disadvantaged…
— Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
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The slanders of the pen pierce to the heart; they rankle longest in the noblest spirits; they dwell ever present in the mind and render…
— Washington Irving
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A day spent praising the earth and lamenting man's pollutionist history makes you feel like a superior, sensitive soul.
— Russell Baker
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A very sensitive person in this stupid world is bound to become mad.... Only meditation can save him from becoming mad.
— Rajneesh
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The luster of diamonds is invigorated by the interposition of darker bodies; the lights of a picture are created by the shades; the highest pleasure…
— Samuel Johnson
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I didn't look very sensitive and they didn't know me very well.
— Geraldine Ferraro
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God can use a sensitive Christian to be a rich blessing in the life of one who knows pain and sorrow.
— Billy Graham
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The polls indicated that I was feisty, that I was tough, that I had a sense of humor, but they weren't quite sure if they…
— Geraldine Ferraro
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Both ardent lovers and austere scholars, when once they come to the years of discretion, love cats, so strong and gentle, the pride of the…
— Charles Baudelaire
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Too much traffic with a quotation book begets a conviction of ignorance in a sensitive reader. Not only is there a mass of quotable stuff…
— Robertson Davies
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A man can be a hero if he is a scientist, or a soldier, or a drug addict, or a disc jockey, or a crummy…
— Andrea Dworkin
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The felt unreliability of human experience brought about by the inhuman acceleration of historical change has led every sensitive modern mind to the recording of…
— Susan Sontag
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It is always one of the tragedies of any relationship, even between people sensitive to each other's moods, that the moments of emotion so rarely…
— Nan Fairbrother
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The conviction of tragedy that rises out of his [John Dos Passos's] work is the steady protest of a sensitive democratic conscience against the tyranny…
— Alfred Kazin
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People think I'm strong as hard as I look. But I've a very sensitive side and need to be loved by everyone.
— Brigitte Nielsen
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The fundamentalists are increasing. People, afraid to oppose those fundamentalists, shut their mouths. It is really very difficult to make people move against a sensitive…
— Taslima Nasrin
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