#gentleness

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“The most fundamental aggression to ourselves the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and the respect to look at ourselves honestly and gently”

— Pema Chodron

#acceptance #honesty #gentleness

“The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly.”

— William Wordsworth

#beauty #humility #nature

“In a gentle way you can shake the world.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

#abundance #gentleness #power

“Raise your words not your voice for it is rain that grows flowers not thunder and compassion is that gentle rain”

— Rumi

#compassion #words #gentleness

“Raise your words not your voice for it is rain that grows flowers not thunder and faith speaks in the gentle rain”

— Rumi

#faith #words #gentleness

“The quality of mercy is not strained it falls as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath”

— William Shakespeare

#compassion #mercy #gentleness

“Govern a family as you would cook a small fish — very gently.”

— Lao Tzu

#family #patience #gentleness

“Nothing is so strong as gentleness nothing so gentle as real strength”

— Saint Francis de Sales

#simplicity #gentleness #strength

“Gentleness is the antidote for cruelty, and the truest mark of command.”

— Phaedrus

#leadership #gentleness #strength

“Gentleness and kindness will make our homes a paradise upon earth.”

— C.A. Bartol

#kindness #gentleness #home

“Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.”

— Rumi

#gentleness #communication #wisdom

“Have patience with all things, but first of all with yourself.”

— Francis de Sales

#patience #self-compassion #gentleness

“Raise your words not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers not thunder.”

— Rumi

#karma #communication #gentleness

“How many slams in an old screen door depends on how loud you shut it but kindness always opens gently”

— Shel Silverstein

#kindness #gentleness #opening

“Smile breathe and go slowly for faith accompanies those who walk gently through life”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

#faith #smile #gentleness

“In a gentle way you can shake the world”

— Mahatma Gandhi

#empowerment #gentleness #impact

“Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.”

— Charles Dickens

#kindness #patience #gentleness

“Raise your words not your voice it is rain that grows flowers not thunder”

— Rumi

#spirituality #words #gentleness

“One who is kind is sympathetic and gentle with others. He is considerate of others' feelings and courteous in his behavior.”

— Confucius

#kindness #compassion #gentleness

“Be gentle to all and stern with yourself but always lead with kindness”

— Teresa of Avila

#kindness #gentleness #stern

“The moon does not fight. It attacks no one. It does not worry. It does not try to crush others. It keeps to its course, but by its very nature, it gently influences. What other body could pull an entire ocean from shore to shore? The moon is faithful to its nature and its power is never diminished.”

— Deng Ming-Dao

#acceptance #nature #gentleness

“In the end only three things matter how much you loved how gently you lived and how gracefully you let go with compassion”

— Jack Kornfield

#compassion #love #gentleness

“The moon does not fight. It attacks no one. It does not worry. It does not try to crush others. It keeps to its course, but by its very nature, it gently influences.”

— Deng Ming-Dao

#acceptance #peace #nature

“You deserve gentle hands especially your own and that gentleness is the seed of healing”

— Thema Bryant

#healing #gentleness #deserving

“Healing begins where the wound was made and it begins with gentleness toward ourselves”

— Alice Walker

#healing #gentleness #self

“A gentle hand may lead even an elephant by a single hair.”

— Rumi

#kindness #gentleness #strength

“Time deals gently only with those who take it gently.”

— Anatole France

#time #patience #gentleness

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