#Subtlety Quotes

“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.”

“The unsaid part is the best of every discourse.”

“I'm always saying something that's just the edge of something more.”

“The hidden harmony is better than the obvious.”

“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.”

“The highest tone is hard to hear.”

“Those with very loud voices in their throats are nearly incapable of thinking subtle thoughts.”

“The more efficient a force is, the more silent and the more subtle it is.”

“How imperceptibly the first springing takes place!”

“We perceive and are affected by changes too subtle to be described.”

“The little bit (two inches wide) of ivory on which I work with so fine a brush as produces little effect after much labour.”

“Homeopathic doses are perhaps the strongest.”

“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.”

“Like great works, deep feelings always mean more than they are conscious of saying.”