Quotes about Gentleness
As we come to grips with our own selfishness and stupidity, we make friends with the impostor and accept that we are impoverished and broken and realize that, if we were not, we would be God. The art of gentleness toward ourselves leads to being gentle with others -- and is a natural prerequisite for our presence to God in prayer.
— Brennan Manning
The Father's love does not force itself on the beloved.
— Henri Nouwen
The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly.
— Henry David Thoreau
The only way to tell the truth is to speak with kindness. Only the words of a loving man can be heard.
— Henry David Thoreau
The stronger a man is, the more gentle he can afford to be
— Elbert Hubbard
Severity is allowable where gentleness has no effect.
— Pierre Corneille
If you want to be holy, be kind.
— Frederick Buechner
There are three things that are important in human life. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. The third is to be kind.
— Frederick Buechner
It isn't manly to be enraged. Rather gentleness and civility are more human, therefrom more manly.
— Marcus Aurelius
When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.
— Francis de Sales
A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out" (Isaiah 42:3).
— Sheila Walsh
O for the gentleness of old Romance, the simple planning of a minstrel's song!
— John Keats