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.
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Gentleness is the antidote for cruelty.
Cruelty is a part of nature, at least of human nature, but it is the one thing that seems unnatural to us.
There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness.
I am actually a very gentle person.
Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.
If you're an advocate of gentleness, you're simplistic and naive. If you're an advocate of despair and hate, you're sophisticated.
There's a certain edge about cruelty. If you're honest about it, most people wince, but say it had to be said.
Isn't it strange that its easier to be gentle with the feelings of people we care less about than those of our children, whom we love so much?
A rude nature is worse than a brute nature by so much more as man is better than a beast: and those that are of civil natures and genteel dispositions are as much nearer to celestial creatures as those that are rude and cruel are to devils.
I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.
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