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“MORNINGTIDEThe wonderful works of morningtidebring the sight of luminous whiteness,a breathing whimsyamong wind-tossed sprigs of green.”
“Tender," she said again. "Tender is kind and gentle. It's also sore, like the skin around an injury.”
“Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing is so gentle as real strength.”
“I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.”
“Her hand had a lot of strength gained through the process of gentleness.”
“No, Zahra, dear, no! Gentleness isnt weakness. Her hand, suspended in midair, trembled with emptiness and fell to her side. How easy it is to be bitter or angry; thats when youre at your weakest! B...”
“What a gentle soul you are?”
“Whatever you do, be gentle. People might have forgiven your harsh words but they may never forget how it stabbed their heart at that time!”
“Trust was accumulated quickly, due primarily to the brute strength of the man's gentleness, his thereness. (p.36)”
“People think kindness is a soft, weak, submissive influence when in reality it is the most potent, persuasive force in existence.”
“I hope you will grow up gentle and good, and never learn bad ways; do your work with a good will, lift your feet up well when you trot, and never bite or kick even in play.”
“She held the book in her hands, feeling a sense of awe, and lightly ran a finger over its cover as if it contained sacred writings.”
“If a violent person wishes to attack us, let us send him a gentle phrase as this will defuse his violence.”
“...with you, I find peace from pain - You are gentle and healing like the landscapelike rain...”
“There are gentler and more graceful ways to interface with natural conflict.”
“When I look at the clues that indicate the nature of Jesus born in a barn, questionable parents, spotty ancestry, common name, misdirected announcement, unattractive looks, reared in a bad neighbo...”
“A wise mother knows: It is her state of consciousness that matters. Her gentleness and clarity command respect. Her love creates security.”
“only the gentlest hands can brush away tears”
“To get, simply release, and then gently invite.”
“The narrator analyzes that the maturing, passing away boy within him, "had issued me a challenge as he passed the baton to the man in me: He had challenged me to have the courage to become a gentle...”
