Softly Quotes
506 quotes by 349 authors
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Fair and softly goes far.
— Miguel de Cervantes
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Slow buds the pink dawn like a rose From out night's gray and cloudy sheath; Softly and still it grows and grows, Petal by petal,…
— Sarah Chauncey Woolsey
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Who then can so softly bind up the wound of another as he who has felt the same wound himself.
— Thomas Jefferson
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The many-voiced song of the river echoed softly. Siddhartha looked into the river and saw many pictures in the flowing water. The river's voice was…
— Hermann Hesse
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Whatsoever thy birth, thou were a beautiful thought and softly bodied forth.
— Lord Byron
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Tread softly, for you tread on my dreams
— William Butler Yeats
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To listen is to continually give up all expectation and to give our attention, completely and freshly, to what is before us, not really knowing…
— Mark Nepo
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Softly the evening came /with the sunset/.
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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When repeated difficulties do arise, our first spiritual approach is to acknowledge what is present, naming, softly saying 'sadness, sadness', or 'remembering, remembering', or whatever.
— Jack Kornfield
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When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered snow, They melted as they fell.
— John Dryden
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The Self is not in the realm of thought. The Self is in the gap between our thoughts. The cosmic psyche whispers to us softly…
— Deepak Chopra
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Warm summer sun, shine kindly here. Warm southern wind, blow softly here. Green sod above, lie light, lie light. Good night, dear Heart, Good night,…
— Mark Twain
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If by chance I seated myself to write, she very slyly, very tenderly, seeking protection and caresses, would softly take her place on my knee…
— Pierre Loti
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Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in…
— Diane Ackerman
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I want so much for my lover. At night when our beds are drawn close together I waken and see his dear yellow head on…
— Dawn Powell
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God speaks as softly as he can and as loud as he has to.
— Rafi Zabor
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Men at forty Learn to close softly The doors to rooms they will not be Coming back to.
— Donald Justice
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When he takes me in his arms, and speaks to me softly, I see the world through rose-colored glasses.
— Edith Piaf
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It requires a certain kind of mind to see beauty in a hamburger bun. Yet is it any more unusual to find grace in the…
— Ray Kroc
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Now, I testify it is a small voice. It whispers, not shouts. And so you must be very quiet inside. That is why you may…
— Henry B. Eyring
Who Wrote These Softly Quotes
349 authors contributed a total of 506 Softly Quotes, led by these top contributors: