Quotes About Gentleness

Acclaimed writer and thinker Madeleine L'Engle once noted, in her treatise on the spiritual rhythms of life, The Irrational Season, "Righteousness begins to reveal itself as that strength which is so secure that it can show itself as gentleness, and the only people who have this kind of righteousness are those who are integrated and do not suppress the dark side of themselves.

Tom lifted his other hand and rested it lightly on Reese's slim hip, barely holding on. "I want to kiss you.

It was nothing at first. Just a bare brush of lips to lips.

fastest way to win a kingdom is by being kind and gentle instead of using violence and cruelty. Do

Caress your phrase tenderly: it will end by smiling at you.

Time deals gently only with those who take it gently.

If you ground up a Levy in a mortar, . . . amid the grains on the pestle would be their gentleness.

The colonel reached up and brushed a curl back from Carrie's cheek, tucking it behind her ear. His gentle touch was healing salve for her aching heart. His eyes held hers for several long seconds. Then in seemingly one smooth motion, he dropped his hand and stood. "Good night, Miss Bell—er, Carrie Ann." He gave her a polite little bow, but his eyes held a certain light. He genuinely cared about her.

Peyton gathered Carrie Ann in his arms and the couple began to waltz. What a fine sight they made, Carrie gazing adoringly up into Peyton's smiling face. He held her gently yet possessively, as if she were a rare treasure, which indeed she was. And then … mercy! The rascal kissed her right on the mouth.

Whenever I feel like this, I am gentle with myself, pretend like I'm someone else, someone good. I walk on eggshells around myself, like I'm some fragile piece of porcelain you have to place quietly, deliberately back on the shelf.

It's practically impossible to look at a penguin and feel angry.

Oh my god, I never want to hurt a bike. That's the last thing I want to do, precious little bikes.

I don't show it but I'm actually quite a softie deep down.

Benn was brute force, wasn't he? But he found God when he was 40... and the only reason I beat him, was because I was brought up in the church. It teaches you to be calm to be objective and steady and the reasoning I used beat him - and he found it when he was 40. I didn't change anything: there is only one way, to be calm, gentle and true.

I lifted her easily in my arms and carried her over to the bed, amazed at how the strongest women I knew could feel so light in my arms.

a man should not be cruel to things weaker than himself

More is a man of an angel's wit and singular learning; I know not his fellow. For where is the man of that gentleness, lowliness, and affability? And as time requireth a man of marvellous mirth and pastimes; and sometimes of as sad gravity: a man for all seasons. Robert Whittinton (1520) He was the person of the greatest virtue these islands ever produced. Jonathan Swift (1736)

Place your iron hand inside a velvet glove.

He pushed a hand inside the blankets to feel her cheek, her shoulder. Trickles of water ran across her face as her hair melted. He was cold, but she was ice. She needed every scrap of warmth he could find for her...His sense of touch, enhanced by the Void and saidin, soaked in the feel of her. Her skin made silt feel rough.

Por tu expresión, Nynaeve, habría pensado que estás furiosa, pero sé que es tal tu dulzura que la gente te pide que remuevas su té con tus dedos.

Life, deal gently with her ... Love, never desert her

What a spineless thing I must be not to have even one enemy!

It's nicer to think dear, pretty thoughts and keep them in one's heart, like treasures.

Never, if you can help it, be the bringer of ill news