Subtlety Quotes

Often, it's the quiet colors, the whispers, and the hidden gestures that are most powerful and impactful; it is the art of subtlety, where beauty lies in minute details, understanding in what is unsaid, and impact in what is subtly hinted at, as beautifully elaborated in these illuminating *quotes*.

Quote by Lao Tzu: The highest tone is hard to hear....
The highest tone is hard to hear.
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— Lao Tzu
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Quote by Mahatma Gandhi: The more efficient a force is, the more silent and the more subtle it is....
The more efficient a force is, the more silent and the more subtle it is.
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— Mahatma Gandhi
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Quote by Pablo Picasso: The hidden harmony is better than the obvious....
The hidden harmony is better than the obvious.
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— Pablo Picasso
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Quote by Henry David Thoreau: How imperceptibly the first springing takes place!...
How imperceptibly the first springing takes place!
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— Henry David Thoreau
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Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche: Those with very loud voices in their throats are nearly incapable of thinking subtle thoughts....
Those with very loud voices in their throats are nearly incapable of thinking subtle thoughts.
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— Friedrich Nietzsche
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Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson: The most attractive class of people are those who are powerful obliquely, and not by the direct stro...
The most attractive class of people are those who are powerful obliquely, and not by the direct stroke: men of genius, but not yetaccredited: one gets the cheer of their light, without paying too great a tax.
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— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson: The unsaid part is the best of every discourse....
The unsaid part is the best of every discourse.
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— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Quote by Nelson Mandela: A leader. . .is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, wh...
A leader. . .is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.
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— Nelson Mandela
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Quote by Erma Bombeck: Some emotions don't make a lot of noise. It's hard to hear pride. Caring is real faint - like a hear...
Some emotions don't make a lot of noise. It's hard to hear pride. Caring is real faint - like a heartbeat. And pure love - why, some days it's so quiet, you don't even know it's there.
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— Erma Bombeck
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Quote by Fyodor Dostoevsky: Homeopathic doses are perhaps the strongest....
Homeopathic doses are perhaps the strongest.
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— Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Quote by Albert Camus: Like great works, deep feelings always mean more than they are conscious of saying....
Like great works, deep feelings always mean more than they are conscious of saying.
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— Albert Camus
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Quote by Robert Frost: I'm always saying something that's just the edge of something more....
I'm always saying something that's just the edge of something more.
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— Robert Frost
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Quote by Jane Austen: The little bit (two inches wide) of ivory on which I work with so fine a brush as produces little ef...
The little bit (two inches wide) of ivory on which I work with so fine a brush as produces little effect after much labour.
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— Jane Austen
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Quote by Henry David Thoreau: We perceive and are affected by changes too subtle to be described....
We perceive and are affected by changes too subtle to be described.
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— Henry David Thoreau
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