Quotes about Subtlety

There are beauties that are more palpable and explicable, and there are hidden and secret beauties… These hidden beauties are commonly by far the greatest, because the more complex a beauty is, the more hidden it is.

Tact is a faculty for meandering around to a given point instead of making a bee-line.

When you are describing, A shape, or sound, or tint; Don't state the matter plainly, But put it in a hint; And learn to look at all things, With a sort of mental squint.

Violence is not merely killing another. It is violence when we use a sharp word, when we make a gesture to brush away a person, when we obey because there is fear. So violence isn't merely organized butchery in the name of God, in the name of society or country. Violence is much more subtle, much deeper, and we are inquiring into the very depths of violence.

To live in love is life's greatest challenge. It requires more sublety, flexibility, sensitivity, understanding, acceptance, tolerance, knowledge and strength than any other human endeavor.

He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

A leader is bestWhen people barely know he existsOf a good leader, who talks little, When his work is done, his aim fulfilled, They will say, "We did this ourselves.

Beden hiçbir engebe göstermeyen ve gözü bozmayan 'pürüzsüz yüzeyler' içerdiÄŸinde 'narin' olur.

You know what charm is a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.

God has worked anonymously since the very beginning—it has always been an inside and secret sort of job. The Spirit seems to work best underground. When aboveground, humans start fighting about it.

The human mind is capable of excitement without the application of gross and violent stimulants; and he must have a very faint perception of its beauty and dignity who does not know this...

The Flower that smells the sweetest is Shy and Lowly.