Quotes About Gentleness

The wisdom that is from above, is not only pure, but also peaceable and gentle; and the lack of these qualifications, like the dead fly in the jar of ointment, will spoil the fragrance and efficacy of our labors. If we act in a wrong spirit—we shall bring little glory to God; do little good to our fellow creatures; and procure neither honor nor comfort to ourselves! If you can be content with showing your wit, and gaining the laugh on your side—you have an easy task!

The 'wretch' who has been saved by grace] believes and feels his own weakness and unworthiness, and lives upon the grace and pardoning love of his Lord. This gives him an habitual tenderness and gentleness of spirit. Humble under a sense of much forgiveness to himself, he finds it easy to forgive others." 76

Whoever believes, fears. Whoever fears is humble. Whoever is humble becomes gentle. Whoever is gentle pacifies the unruly forces of desire and aggression and begins to keep the commandments. Whoever keeps the commandments is purified. Whoever is purified is illuminated. Whoever is illuminated is made a spouse of the divine Logos-Bridegroom and shares with him the bridal chamber of mysteries. —Maximos the Confessor

Perhaps no artist in history had ever been treated so gingerly.

Underneath his sweetness and gentleness was the heat of a volcano. [Michael Faraday] was a man of excitable and fiery nature; but through high self-discipline he had converted the fire into a central glow and motive power of life, instead of permitting it to waste itself in useless passion.

Don't hit your posset with a stick mister, it tends to make you cough.

A Christian reveals true humility by showing the gentleness of Christ, by being always ready to help others, by speaking kind words and performing unselfish acts, which elevate and ennoble the most sacred message that has come to the world.

We will never deal gently with our husband's failures if we haven't first drunk deeply of God's gentleness with us in Christ. We will never deal gently with him if we don't see ourselves as that adulterous bride God lovingly betrothed to Himself.

This is what it means to be loved... when someone wants to touch you, to be tender...

She could warm up the air, and then gently blow it out, just like a lily. She smelled of a syrup made of boiled-down despair.

Shintani-kun often brought a book to read while he waited, but he'd close it as soon as his food arrived. I liked that too. As well as the way he always said Itadaki-masu, quietly, before he started eating. Maybe I was already in love.

Be sure to keep your tummy war, try to relax, both your heart and your body, try not to get flustered. Live like a flower.

This is what it means to be loved Ã¢â'¬Â¦ when someone wants to touch you, to be tender

Maybe I'd started thinking again about Y?ko and what she was like, the translucent silhouette of a petal fluttering down to the ground against the glare of the sun—a petal from a flower named gentleness.

Be sure to keep your tummy warm, try to relax, both your heart and your body, try not to get flustered. Live like a flower. You have that right.

Pensai che la gentilezza disinteressata delle persone, le loro parole spassionate, fossero come un abito di piume.

What I want is so simple I almost can't say it: elementary kindness.

Special kinda warm,

The greatest power requires the gentlest touch. If you have to intervene or force yourself on someone else, then what that's actually an indication of is that you don't actually believe in your own power. Because if you believed in your own power - if you knew you were powerful enough to create the reality that you prefer - why would you need in any way shape or form to interfere with anyone else's process?

The moment that we realize our attention has wandered is the magic moment of the practice, because that's the moment we have the chance to be really different. Instead of judging ourselves, and berating ourselves, and condemning ourselves, we can be gentle with ourselves.

I'm a cuddler; I like harmony.

There is great force hidden in a gentle command.

How kind is weariness sometimes! It is like the Father's hand laid a little heavy on the heart to make it still.

The nearer persons come to each other, the greater is the room and the more are the occasions for courtesy; but just in proportion to their approach the gentleness of most men diminishes.