Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.
Kahlil Gibran
Kahlil Gibran – I wash my hands of those …
I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art.
Kahlil Gibran – Out of suffering have emerged the strongest …
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.