153 Quotes About Gentleness

He'd wanted to - he didn't know. Break bottles. Break windows, crash cars. Burn down the world. Find solace at the bottom of countless more bottles of wine, this time consumed in solitude. In the end he did none of these things; while he knew the shapes and forms of rage and grief, he had, in truth, nothing more than gentleness inside to sustain him.

Love is often gentle, desire always a rage.

We need to learn to dance more softly.

only the gentlest hands can brush away tears

may my touchalways...be tenderas i would strokemother's cheekswhen she cried.

Gentleness is like decency and beauty; it is fading away from our universe. Nothing is left but fake shadows, not even the genuine ones. Actually, they are being replaced by rudeness, vulgarity, and ugliness.

...I hardly ever see your profile, but have I told you it's beautiful? - like the soft gentle lines of snow...

Speak graciously to young men as you would to your brothers.

...with you, I find peace from pain - You are gentle and healing like the landscape—like rain...