Quotes About Gentleness

La gentileza es el lujo de los sabios.

After a moment he reached out and brushed the unruly red hair back from his face, like a mother would with a sleeping child. Then he began to sing softly, the tune lilting and strange, almost a lullaby:

She knew. She should have moved more gently with the world. She knew the way of things. She knew if you weren't always stepping lightly as a bird the whole world came apart to crush you. Like a house of cards. Like a bottle against stones. Like a wrist pinned hard beneath a hand with the hot breath smell of want and wine . . . .

Three circles. Perfect for asking. It was better to be gentle and polite. It was the worst sort of selfishness to force yourself upon the world.

Remember: there are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man." The

That's the problem," I said. "He's nice. He's gentle, which people see as weak. And he's happy, which people see as stupid.

It was better to be gentle and polite. It was the worst sort of selfishness to force yourself upon the world.

She should have moved more gently with the world. She knew the way of things. She knew if you weren't always stepping lightly as a bird the whole world came apart to crush you. Like a house of cards. Like a bottle against stones. Like a wrist pinned hard beneath a hand with the hot breath smell of want and wine. . . .

Si fuera más joven, rechazaría tu ofrecimiento-dijo dando un suspiro-. Pero el orgullo es el lujo de los fuertes.-Puso una delgada mano sobre mi brazo y lo utilizó como punto de apoyo para ponerse de pie-. Yo debo optar por ser gentil. - La gentileza es el lujo de los sabios-dije con soltura-. De modo que se puede afirmar que la sabiduría aporta gentileza.

You are most humble and gentle when you think that the person you are ministering to is more like you than unlike you. When you have inserted yourself into another category that tends to make you think you have arrived, it is very easy to be judgmental and impatient.

If you speak, say little and speak low; don't shout. Truly, this is a most useful saying! — St. Bernardine of Siena,

Loyal par paresse, honnête par lâcheté, bon par relâchement, doux par crainte, intelligent par avidité, sobre par hygiène - c'est ainsi que l'on peut avoir toutes les vertus.

Still hovering at the back of my mind is a stereotype of Norwegians as descendants of ax-wielding barbarians, but this ancient image clashes wildly with the gentleness, honesty and generosity of the Norwegians I have met on my journey.

Before the tongue can speak, it must have lost the power to wound.

He smiled, which was not at all what she'd expected. It wasn't just a polite smile, either. It was the kind that made her want to sit on the front-porch swing, if she'd had a swing, and hum romantic songs from the thirties, those terrific old songs that talked about red sails in the sunset and the glory of love.

You can say the same thing nicely.

Kindness! I think that it is possible to kill with kindness....

When you step on the gas, do it gently, softly, slowly. Okay? All right, let's try it again. Gently. Treat it like you would a woman." "I would never step on a woman.

A sensitive plant in a garden grew, And the young winds fed it with silver dew, And it opened its fan-like leaves to the light, and closed them beneath the kisses of night.

Learn the absolute pleasure of kindness.

The most gentle and refined man among you will begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children who have survived,

The most gentle and refined woman among you, so gentle and refined she would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge the husband she embraces and her son and daughter

Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.

Now the king had commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, “Treat the young man Absalom gently for my sake.” And all the people heard the kingís orders to each of the commanders regarding Absalom.