{"quotes":[{"text":"The ability to be tough-minded remains useful; but by now, the fact that we are all in trouble in terms of both nature and culture can only be denied by those who become overly conservative and blindly reactionary. The more tender-hearted imagination that suggests we are all in this together and that there must be an underlying unity in life may be the only way to survive.","author":"Michael Meade","tags":["compassion","gentleness","imagination","unity"],"id":3298,"author_id":"Michael+Meade"},{"text":"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.","author":"Anna Sewell","tags":["gentleness","goodness","kindness"],"id":3902,"author_id":"Anna+Sewell"},{"text":"The master tools of success are invitation, patience, time, gentleness, cooperation and surrender.","author":"Bryant McGill","tags":["cooperation","gentleness","mastery","patience","success","surrender"],"id":4539,"author_id":"Bryant+McGill"},{"text":"There are graceful ways of accessing your purpose and success, with time, invitation, gentleness, cooperation and surrender.","author":"Bryant McGill","tags":["cooperation","gentleness","grace","purpose","success"],"id":10966,"author_id":"Bryant+McGill"},{"text":"For certain he hath seen all perfectnessFor certain he hath seen all perfectness. Who among other ladies hath seen mine: They that go with her humbly should combine To thank their God for such peculiar grace. So perfect is the beauty of her face That it begets in no wise any sign Of envy, but draws round her a clear line Of love, and blessed faith, and gentleness. Merely the sight of her inakes all things bow: Not she herself alone is holier Than all: but hers, through her, are raised above. From all her acts such lovely graces flow That truly one may never think of her Without a passion of exceeding love.","author":"Dante Alighieri","tags":["blessed","faith","gentleness","grace","love"],"id":28860,"author_id":"Dante+Alighieri"},{"text":"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.","author":"Nikki Rosen","tags":["gentleness","hope","kindness","mental-health"],"id":33503,"author_id":"Nikki+Rosen"},{"text":"Water is soft, but can maneuver any obstacle; be shrewd, and be gentle, and you too will be able to do likewise.","author":"Matshona Dhliwayo","tags":["clever","gentle","gentleness","guru","life-lesson","life-lessons","life-lessons","life","life","life","life-and-sayings","life-inspirational","matshona-dhliwayo","obstacles","overcome","overcomer","overcoming-obstacles","overcoming","sage","shrewd","water","water","wisdom","wisdom","wisdom","wise","wise","wise-sayings","wise-words"],"id":36098,"author_id":"Matshona+Dhliwayo"},{"text":"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 norm, were easier to accommodate.","author":"Tom Robbins","tags":["craziness","gentleness","nonviolence","violence"],"id":37405,"author_id":"Tom+Robbins"},{"text":"...I hardly ever see your profile, but have I told you it's beautiful? - like the soft gentle lines of snow...","author":"John Geddes","tags":["beautiful","gentleness","love","snow","softness"],"id":40011,"author_id":"John+Geddes"},{"text":"Part of him wanted to weep... But his purpose was rigid within him. He felt he could not bend to gentleness without breaking.","author":"Stephen R. Donaldson","tags":["emotion","gentleness","purpose"],"id":40294,"author_id":"Stephen+R.+Donaldson"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":102,"pages":11,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}