I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.

A man of worth is a man that sees the worth in others more than himself.

To get, simply release, and then gently invite.

Trust was accumulated quickly, due primarily to the brute strength of the man’s gentleness, his thereness. (p.36)

A man of God has many brothers. He is a wounded soldier – he is familiar with the pain one feels in his heart, as a close and loving brother, when a brother falls victim...

A wise mother knows: It is her state of consciousness that matters. Her gentleness and clarity command respect. Her love creates security.

He is a unicorn. I want to gently capture him and bring him back to my lab for research.

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...

One tended to lose one’s bearings in the presence of willful and persistent acts of craziness, and the more gentle the act, the crazier it seemed, as if rage and violence, being closer to the...

Tender,” she said again. “Tender is kind and gentle. It’s also sore, like the skin around an injury.

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

On the inside, the copycats of the ruffians are more delicate than the copycats of prudes.

Nature’s stern discipline enjoins mutual help at least as often as warfare. The fittest may also be the gentlest.

Gentle walking is completely transformative for the body and mind.

Humility of the soul; divine.