Quotes About Sensitivity

. . . there was no possible way to deny that this girl probably felt emotions much deeper than most other people. If anyone was human, she was.

There's a big difference between being numb to something and being immune to it.

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch.

Shh," I say. "Arms around me." Obediently, he slips both arms around my waist. I smile at the wall. I am not enjoying this. I am not, not even a little bit, no.

Why cannot the ear be closed to its own destruction? Or the glistening eye to the poison of a smile?

you may call a person vain, and they will smile; you may call them immoral, and they may even feel flattered - but call them narrow-minded and they have done with you.

It's hard to not like a man who not only notices the colors, but speaks them.

For one who is having no personal experience, the passionate disquiet of others is at any rate a titillation of the nerves, like seeing a play or listening to music.

globalization is the last failed hope that, somewhere, there still exists a land where one can escape and find happiness. Or the last failed hope that, somewhere, there still exists a land different from yours in terms of being able to oppose the sense of meaninglessness, the loss of criteria and, ultimately, moral blindness and the loss of sensitivity.

How do you spell 'love'? - Piglet You don't spell it...you feel it. - Pooh

Are we truly committed to the notion that ideals and values vary and alter in accordance with changing conditions? Should we not question such a relativistic dogma? Is not the degree of our sensitivity to the validity of the ultimate ideals and values that fluctuates rather than the ultimate ideals and values?

To be a Jew is to renounce allegiance to false gods; to be sensitive to God's infinite stake in every finite situation; to bear witness to His presence in the hours of His concealment; to remember that the world is unredeemed. We are born to be an answer to His question.

Faith is vision, sensitivity and attachment to God; piety is an attempt to attain such sensitivity and attachment. The gates of faith are not ajar, but the mitsvah is a key. By living as Jews we may attain our faith as Jews. We do not have faith because of deeds; we may attain faith through sacred deeds. A Jew is asked to take a leap of action rather than a leap of thought.

He who wishes to ponder what is beyond the Bible must first learn to be sensitive to what is within the Bible.

Tact: the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

Wine grapes are as sensitive to assaults as authors.

Once I looked over at Welton and he was wiping his nose. I couldn't tell if he was crying or on nasal spray.

How can you quantify the moment when a person laughs, or when they cry, when they feel? You can't. It's the human experience.

Always stop to think whether your fun may not be the cause of another's unhappiness.

Oh, stop! stop! I beg of you: what is sport to you is death to us.

It is these empty spaces you have to watch out for, as they flood up with feeling before you even realize what's happened.

Rose,sensing her mother's distress...She did not face me, but I could feel the vibration of tears, a kind of pain hive,rustling inside her.

Sherrie would be there, and the last time I'd seen her at a social event she burst into tears when she saw me and ran out of the room. You're upset, I'd yelled after her, meanly.

Reid interrupted. "What kind of jokes are we talking about?" We all looked at each other, not sure what to say. Reid tried again, looking at his notes. "It says here, 'Franken made jokes about the Holocaust.' What does that mean?" Diane handed our poll to Harry and pointed to the joke we had tested: "I think a bad Hanukkah gift for Anne Frank would have been a drum set."*