“Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.”
Leo F. Buscaglia
“I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.”
Leo Rosten
“For every cruel deed done to others only the innocent remain strong.”
A.J. Chilson
“I love the word 'juxtapose,' ... I like balancing words together like cruel and gentle, sad and beautiful. Life is not all black and white -- it's shaded.”
Charlie Sexton
“Cruel and Gentle Things”
“Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.”
Erica Jong
“I must be cruel only to be kind”
William Shakespeare