Gentleness Quotes by Famous Authors

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1. “Their lips brushed like young wild flowers in the wind.”

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Love, Intimacy, Nature Metaphor, Gentleness, Beauty

2. “Not hammer-strokes, but dance of the water, sings the pebbles into perfection.”

Rabindranath Tagore

Perfection, Nature, Gentleness, Transformation, Water’s Power

3. “You are not strict with him, you do not punish him, you do not command him – because you know that gentleness is stronger than severity, that water is stronger than rock, that love is stronger than force.”

Hermann Hesse

Gentleness, Love, Strength, Relational Wisdom, Moral Insight, Compassionate Authority

4. “Be mild, and cleave to gentle things, thy glory and thy happiness be there.”

William Wordsworth

Mildness Glory, Happiness Peace, Gentleness, Life Virtue, Contentment

5. “Our greatest strength lies in the gentleness and tenderness of our heart.”

Rumi

Strength, Gentleness, Heart, Love, Compassion, Tenderness

6. “Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one melts, the other breaks into pieces.”

Henry David Thoreau

Gentleness, Strength, Change, Persuasion, Nature

7. “In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.”

Anne Frank

Kindness, Gentleness, Strength, Influence, Humanity

8. “Of course, when I say that human nature is gentleness, it is not 100 percent so. Every human being has that nature, but there are many people acting against their nature, being false.”

Dalai Lama

Human Nature, Gentleness, Authenticity, Behavior, Understanding