Quotes About Sensitivity

The hungrier one becomes, the clearer one's mind works— also the more sensitive one becomes to the odors of food.

The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the old man who will not laugh is a fool.

Bartholomeus went on, 'I wanted to show that these objects are sensitive, suffer at the coming of night, faint at the departure of the last rays, which, by the way, also live in this room; they suffer as much, they fight against the darkness. There you have it. It's the life of things, if you like. The French would call it a nature morte, a picture of inanimate objects. That is not what I'm trying to show. Flemish puts it better: a still life.

Mevr. Cadzand feared for her son who, with his responsive nature, as sensitive as a hothouse plant, was more exposed. Fortunately religion is a means of protection, of diverting energies into other channels. Hans's mother was glad that they had cultivated his piety at the college and that she herself, with altars in the month of Mary, novenas, candles lit, rosaries recited and pilgrimages made, had further developed this faith, which keeps men safe through the fear of Hell.

I believe that the purpose of God's guidance is to show us how to release our minds from fear so we may know peace and be truly kind and sensitive to others, which we cannot do when we are fear-dominated. Both

There is nothing harder than the softness of indifference.

A woman is more influenced by what she divines than by what she is told.

You cannot know what you cannot feel.

When a man begins to reason, he ceases to feel.

It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see.

Those expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud in the family.

Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use.

He disliked emotion, not because he felt lightly, but because he felt deeply.

I can't stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can stand a rude remark or a vulgar action.

Politics is not a good location or a vocation for anyone lazy, thin-skinned or lacking a sense of humour.

It is always safe to assume that people are more subtle and less sensitive than they seem.

Next to genius is the power of feeling where true genius lies.

Girls are much more psychic than guys. They're the first to know if you're going to get laid.

Tact is the intelligence of the heart.

Women and foxes, being weak, are distinguished by superior tact.

Without tact you can learn nothing.

I feel a very unusual sensation - if it is not indigestion, I think it must be gratitude.

Avoid witticisms at the expense of Others.

tact is the ability to deal with people sensitively, to avoid giving offense, to have a "feel" for the proper words or responses to a delicate situation.