Soften Quotes

110 quotes by 99 authors

Because God is never cruel, there is a reason for all things. We must know the pain of loss; because if we never knew it,… — Dean Koontz
Most of us have learned to be dispassionate about evil, to look it in the face and find, as often as not, our own grinning… — Flannery O'Connor
Memories have ways of becoming independent of the reality they evoke. They can soften us against those we were deeply hurt by or they can… — Azar Nafisi
Does the open wound in another's breast soften the pain of the gaping wound in our own? Or does the blood which is welling from… — Alexandre Dumas
A woman should soften but not weaken a man. — Sigmund Freud
The big companies are like steel and activists are like heat. Activists soften the steel, and then I can bend it into pretty grillwork and… — Temple Grandin
They're a dark people with a gift for suffering way past their deserving. It's said that without whiskey to soak and soften the world, they'd… — John Steinbeck
[Keenan] 'What am I going to do?' He sank to the floor. [Donia] 'Hope that some of us are kinder to you than you've been… — Melissa Marr
Love children especially, for they too are sinless like the angels; they live to soften and purify our hearts and, as it were, to guide… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Simply touching a difficult memory with some slight willingness to heal begins to soften the holding and tension around it. (74) — Stephen Levine
Memories do not always soften with time; some grow edges like knives. — Barbara Kingsolver
Something amazing happens when we surrender and just love. We melt into another world, a realm of power already within us. The world changes when… — Marianne Williamson
There is a certain kind of pain that can change you. Even the strongest sword, when placed in a raging fire, will soften and bend… — Adam Gidwitz
God knows the feelings in every human heart. He can soften sorrow and lead when there seems to be no light. Prayer can give guidance… — Marvin J. Ashton
People are just as wonderful as sunsets if you let them be. When I look at a sunset, I don't find myself saying, "Soften the… — Carl Rogers
She could smell the boy spice beneath the thrift-store aroma of his jacket, and the rubbing and the smell began to work to soften her… — Laini Taylor
I'll be firm," I promised Patch, adopting a no-nonsense expression. "No backing down." By now Patch was full-on grinning. He kissed me again, and I… — Becca Fitzpatrick
The chronic kicker, even the most violent critic, will frequently soften and be subdued in the presence of a patient, sympathetic listenerâ€” a listener who… — Dale Carnegie
When we touch the center of sorrow, when we sit with discomfort without trying to fix it, when we stay present to the pain of… — Pema Chodron
The way I see it, every life is a pile of good things and...bad things. The good things don't always soften the bad things, but… — Steven Moffat

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