Quotes About Sensitivity

I don't think we can ever learn much from ultra-sensitive, shifty faces, skilled in disguise, that hide themselves in lust, as beasts hide to die.

Thereafter she saw his intellectual showmanship as a performance, deep down he could be as vulnerable as anyone

Think with feeling

Sometimes it's more important to be human, than to have good taste.

Motherhood makes you stronger even as it makes you weaker. Your new sensitivity is a strength, and you should see it that way.

far too many people die with a heart that's gone flat with indifference, and it surely must be a terrible way to go. Life will offer us amazing opportunities, but we've got to be wide-awake to recognize them.

Empathy smartens you

We are constantly protecting the male ego, and it's a disservice to men. If a man has any sensitivity or intelligence, he wants to get the straight scoop from his girlfriend.

Didn't the people who made those license plates care about little girls named Ramona?

A very sensitive person in this stupid world is bound to become mad.... Only meditation can save him from becoming mad.

Start with meditation, and things will go on growing in you—silence, serenity, blissfulness, sensitivity. And whatever comes out of meditation, try to bring it out in life. Share it, because everything shared grows fast.

Love prudence.

Three blind mice walk into a pub. But they are unaware of their surroundings, so to derive humour from it would be exploitative.

The worst kind of non-smokers are the ones that come up to you and cough. That's pretty fucking cruel isn't it? Do you go up to cripples and dance too?

We're keeping our ears alert for any sudden thumps in undusted corners.

He was called "Pancho" because people at that time didn't have enough sense to be offended by stuff like that.

microaggressions, detailing

What is perhaps more worthy of note than how many tsunami dead we've seen, however, is how many other recent dead we have not seen.

I don't think I ever sit there and think to kick a wound harder.

What I do is sometimes - at least in Germany - met with wounding campaigns. I always face the question: should I grow myself a thick skin and ignore it, or should I let myself be wounded? I've decided to be wounded, since, if I grew a thick skin, there are other things I wouldn't feel any more.

We live in an emotionally fragile culture. We are in touch with every hurt past, present, and perceived. We are the walking wounded, and we want everyone to know.

There are a lot of veterans out there who would not think their wounds would be the source of poor jokes in bad taste to a hysterically laughing audience.

Most people when they see me cry for a shot, say, 'Wow, what a natural!' But I actually do cry and break down.

Nothing runs forever. How you handle it, the most important thing is how you respect your audience, how you respect your cast, and being incredibly sensitive to how you wrap up any show when it ends a successful run.