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Max Lucado
"I choose gentleness... Nothing is won by force. I choose to be gentle. If I raise my voice may it be only in praise. If I clench my fist, may it be only in prayer. If I make a demand, may it be only of myself. "
Max Lucado
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"Oh! that gentleness! how far more potent is it than force!"
— Charlotte Bronte in "Jane Eyre"
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Markus Zusak
"Trust was accumulated quickly, due primarily to the brute strength of the man's gentleness, his thereness. (p.36)"
Markus Zusak (The Book Thief)
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"Trust was accumulated quickly, due primarily to the brute strength of his gentleness, his thereness."
— Mark Zusak
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