Quotes about Sensitivity

If you are stone, be magnetic; if a plant, be sensitive; but if you are human be love.

Sometimes, beautiful as Cosette was, Marius shut his eyes in her presence. The best way to look at the soul is through closed eyes.

If you are a stone, be adamant; if you are a plant, be the sensitive plant; if you are a man, be love.

Is it not the best pity, when a man has a sore point, not to touch it at all?

And despite the insignificance of the instant we have so far occupied in cosmic time, it is clear that what happens on and near Earth at the beginning of the second cosmic year will depend very much on the scientific wisdom and the distinctly human sensitivity of mankind.

I never liked Hans Christian Andersen because I knew he was always getting at me.

Im hoping that for film actors there is this kind of emotional trigger on any subject. It need not be only slums. It can be anything. But even if it is tentative, sooner or later, it will - by its sheer force - engulf you in a way where you make a commitment and you get involved in it, beyond just making it an image-building exercise.

my heart felt like a soft, damaged place in my chest, like a bruise on a peach.

Principle of making what is important to the other person as important to you as the other person is to you.

I'm sure there are people who, even suddenly understanding the true situation, would have felt no more than a twinge of regret or vague guilt as they continued to sit in embarrassed silence beside the grieving, confused man. On the other hand, I am equally certain there are people who would have been far more sensitive in the first place, who may have recognized that a deeper problem existed and reached out to understand and help before I did.

To deal only with the superficial trivia without seeing deeper, more tender issues is to trample on the sacred ground of another's heart.

If you are stone, be magnetic; if a plant, be sensitive; but if you are human be love.