Quotes About Sensitivity

In the multicultural classroom, every culture appears to be taught except Britain's indigenous one. Concern not to offend minority sensibilities has reached the risible point where piggy banks have been banished from British banks in case Muslims might be offended.18

When I could talk, I said, I don't know what I did wrong. Dena sighed, You care too much.

No one likes being talked to about their face.

They called Matthew March autistic as a child. What no one had known was that he was not closed into a world of his own, he was far, far too open to the real one.

Civilized people don't feel .

al die bewogen en gesloten zielen in wie de laatste zuchten van een onweer nog rommelen, en die ver terugwijken voor de brutale blik van de mensen die plezier maken en niets te doen hebben.

Many well-meaning Americans have bought into the PC speech code, thinking that by being extra careful not to offend anyone we will achieve unity. What they fail to realize is that this is a false unity that prevents us from talking about important issues and is a Far Left strategy to paralyze us while they change our nation. People have been led to become so sensitive that fault can be found in almost anything anyone says because somewhere, somehow, someone will be offended by it.

I have seen human beings who have forged intellectual armor to shield themselves from adversity. They seemed stronger than most. They said, I couldn't care less, and laughed at everything, but when adversity managed to pierce their armor, it caused terrible damage. I have seen human beings suffer from the slightest adversity, the slightest annoyance, but still remain open-minded and sensitive to everything, learning something from each attack.

It is hard for me to imagine that I felt good about behaving like that. I also remember that the smallest gesture of affection would bring a lump to my throat, whether it was directed at me or at someone else. Sometimes all it took was a scene in a movie. This juxtaposition of callousness and extreme sensitivity seemed suspicious even to me.

this juxtaposition of callousness and extreme sensitivity...

I also remember that the smallest gesture of affection would bring a lump to my throat, whether it was directed at me or at someone else.

The mark of a civilized man is the capacity to read a column of numbers and weep.

Tell us you're afraid, Mrs. Selky. Break down and cry. Let us feel that warm wet wash of pity, that prurient grief, that thrills because it's happened to you and not us. Give it to us, Mrs. Selky.

Paul didn't just see emotions. He saw the need they represented.

Aloneness exaggerates our emotions and sensitivity.

We find that David had the tenderness and the sensitivity of an artist. He was a musician and a songwriter. David did not simply have talent. Talent alone could not have soothed the torment of Saul. David plucked the strings of his harp with tenderness and sensitivity. He chose melodies that ministered to the aching soul.

In fact, during the postpartum period, many mothers don't feel attached towards her new born. So during such times they are quite sensitive and require special care. Still there are people who don't think twice before making hurtful comments about how a mother looks. I fail to understand what satisfaction they get out of body shaming others.

Occasionally I've seen children become heavy-handed and insensitive when dealing with their aging parents, and it only caused resentment and hard feelings.

When I was younger, I thought I had to shut myself off, work really hard to cry. I learned after a while that that's just not... You know, often in life, you cry when you're caught off-guard. That's where I need to be when I'm acting, too.

Keep your religion in your house. Shut off the loudspeakers Masjids. Our Aarti does not trouble, why should Namaaz harass others?

I just try to be authentic and speak from the heart. Sometimes it requires me to shut up and not say anything.

I'm very private in person. I'm very sensitive and shy with men individually. But when I'm talking, maybe there's this other channel or this other side and other way of working in my mind, and I convert and become carefree.

The difference between what people perceive and what's reality is that, like, I'm not actually shy. I'm just observant. I care a lot.

I was very shy as a girl. Absurdly shy, even. Maybe because I was an only child. And I think that's why I'm so happy to have two kids now.