Quotes About Sensitivity

Perhaps the attempt to achieve grace by identification with the animals was the most sensitive thing which was tried in the whole bloody history of religion .

That's the funny thing about religion: it doesn't matter what you say, you're going to upset someone.

It is hard to think of anything more vile than to intentionally desecrate the Body of Christ.

Audible at five miles painful at three and lethal at one.

I'm very depressed how in this country you can be told "That's offensive" as though those two words constitute an argument.

If we are forced, at every hour, to watch or listen to horrible events, this constant stream of ghastly impressions will deprive even the most delicate among us of all respect for humanity.

True compassion is about not bruising the other person's self-respect.

Nobody likes having salt rubbed into their wounds, even if it is the salt of the earth.

I appreciate that the New York Daily News will show dead bodies but blur the cover of a French parody magazine. Just out of respect, right guys?

American officials have bent over backwards to show how sensitive they are to Muslim culture. It didn't seem very effective. They seem to be worried about winning the respect of other people.

I think that few people are aware how early it is right to respect the modesty of an infant.

She was so quiet. So reflective. And she could erase herself, her spirit, with a swiftness that truly startled, when she knew the people around her could not respect it.

The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead.

I was stirred only like a leaf in the wind, that is all. . .

Your slightest look easily will unclose me, though I have closed myself as fingers, you open petal by petal myself a Spring opens her first rose.

Elvis is the soul of discretion.

Because you speak to me in words, and I look at you with feelings.

I didn't realize this was a sad occasion.

Whenever someone calls me ugly I get super sad and hug them, because I know how tough life is for the visually impaired.

Weißt Du, daß es außer den über dreißig Farben in einem Farbtub-Kasten noch eine weitere, für Menschenaugen sehr wohl sichtbare Farbe gibt — die der Traurigkeit?

Einen wachen Geist haben, sich nicht betäuben!

Let my notes, like the most sensitive seismograph, record the curve of even the most insignificant vibrations of my brain: for it is precisely such vibrations that are sometimes the forewarning of...

She had been defeated by herself alone, and the sadness of it left a dark shadow in her heart. It further sapped her confidence and left her ever more withdrawn, ever more capable of suppressing her feelings. Like her roughened hands, her sensitivity was slowly being hardened, and she drew relief from the numbness creeping through her.

Travolto dalle emozioni, ripensai agli anni delle elementari e delle medie, quando ci obbligavano a leggerlo: non era una lettura per bambini, ma adatta a un lettore maturo e sensibile, A volte, serve l'occasione giusta per incontrare veramente uno scrittore.