Sensitive People Quotes

“Empaths did not come into this world to be victims, we came to be warriors. Be brave. Stay strong. We need all hands on deck.”
― Anthon St. Maarten

“Sensitive people either love deeply or they regret deeply. There really is no middle ground because they live in passionate extremes.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Sensitive people feel so deeply they often have to retreat from the world, in order to dig beneath the layers of pain to find their faith and courage.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Adults who were hurt as children inevitably exhibit a peculiar strength, a profound inner wisdom, and a remarkable creativity and insight. Deep within them - just beneath the wound - lies a profound spiritual vitality, a quiet knowing, a way of perceiving what is beautiful, right, and true. Since their early experiences were so dark and painful, they have spent much of their lives in search of the gentleness, love, and peace they have only imagined in the privacy of their own hearts.”
― Wayne Muller, Legacy of the Heart: The Spiritual Advantage of a Painful Childhood

“There weren't as many layers between her and the world as there were with the rest of us.”
― Renée Knight, Disclaimer

“A poet should be as sensitive as an aching tooth.”
― Anna Świrszczyńska

“Jacob being sensitive is an endowment. Think about all you'd miss out on if you didn't feel things so deeply, or see things so clearly."
"But feeling good things deeply means you feel bad things deeply, too."
"Would you rather walk around oblivious to the meaning of things hidden under the surface and the opportunities to feel wonder and joy? Would you want to miss out on moments that take your breath away?”
― Jacqueline Simon Gunn, What He Didn't See

“We may have, she suggests, a thin boundary between our conscious and unconscious minds, living with one foot in the real world and one in the world inside our heads.”
― Sophia Dembling, The Introvert's Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World

“I am one of those creatures that can swim in the dark ocean but also walk on the sunny shore. Feeling everything very deeply but also able to become incredibly shallow when needed. Swim in the ocean, wade at the shoreline. Both are familiar spaces. But the nightmare is found in the fact that both these spaces are felt very deeply: everything is indeed everything; but then nothing is also everything! To feel nothing is still EVERYTHING. But I know it's not just me, I know there are others... some of us feel everything in everything; but also in nothing at all. Even in absolute silence there is a scream that only we can hear.”
― C. JoyBell C.

“Sensitivity is the man’s best move to reach the heart of a woman.”
― Anoir Ou-Chad

“The opposite sensitive is not brave. It's not brave to refuse to pay attention, to refuse to notice, to refuse to feel and know and imagine. The opposite of sensitive is insensitive, and that's no badge of honor.”
― Glennon Doyle, Untamed

“While observing a breeze dance over a patch of dandelions that had gone to seed, I realized how easily delicate things succumbed to the wind. I became suddenly aware that my emotions are affected in the same way by every minor gust of sentiment.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year

“She is a rare rose. One which blooms in the night. She hides from the world. She is tender and sensitive. You can only see her from afar. Don’t try to go near her. She may disappear forever from this world.”
― Avijeet Das

“On days when your skin is turned inside out and your heart is raw, know that you are divinely loved and protected. You are a superhero, and your superpower is your sensitivity.”
― Jodi Livon

“Everybody is sensitive but you cannot tickle yourself”
― Dr.P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar

“A person with a well-developed conscience sitting in a peaceful corner of the world becomes uneasy when thinking of the tragedies in the peaceless corners of the world! There is no escape from the truth for the sensitive people!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“We are educated for whatever sake. For Nigeria to move forward, we must stop comparison and ignore religious views in dealing with sensitive issues that can make or mar our Country's existence. Evil, evil is evil, coming from either of the geopolitical regions. We were humans before we choose our religion.”
― Olawale Daniel

“Some words are spoken by the eyes. And you must understand the language of the eyes.”
― Avijeet Das

“Sensitive people meet each other. And then they bond slowly. But the bond remains strong forever.”
― Avijeet Das

“She: I am heartbroken. I don't believe in love.

He: Sensitive people get heartbroken. But they should never stop believing in love.

She: Are you sure?

He: Just as a flower takes time to bloom, one day love will bloom and make your life fragrant again!”
― Avijeet Das

“Humor and sensitivity are the man's best qualities to earn the heart of a woman.”
― Anoir Ou-Chad

“She: I am heartbroken. I don't believe in love.

He: Sensitive people get heartbroken. But they should never stop believing in love. Just as a flower takes time to bloom, one day love will bloom and make their life fragrant again!”
― Avijeet Das

“Now when our ego is turned up high, working in tandem with our conscious awareness knob, the ego becomes a beneficial tool because it helps us identify with, and connect to, our own individuality. It allows us to differentiate our own being, emotions, feelings, needs, and desires from those of others, clarifying who we are in contrast to the external world.”
― Anita Moorjani, Sensitive Is the New Strong: The Power of Empaths in an Increasingly Harsh World

“As a Pisces, When in a relationship, I become whatever my mate believes about me. When I'm alone, I am what I know about myself.”
― Scarlet Jei Saoirse, Scarlosophy: Thinking Out Loud

“I'm glad you two find this amusing." Hildy scooched toward the table so a man with a howling baby and several canvas bags full of vegetables could get by. "Go ahead. Laugh at me. I don't care."
"We're not laughing at you. We're just laughing. Know why?" Xiu threw her napkin over her plate so she wouldn't be tempted to eat any more. "1) Because we're young and alive and 2) because it's not that big a deal. It's normal. I don't know what it is about surly guys but they make girls do crazy things. Especially so-called 'sensitive' girls. Witness Heathcliff.”
― Vicki Grant, 36 Questions That Changed My Mind About You

“Your tone sets the tone.”
― Sarah Urist Green

“The portrait is faded, and a child’s face is always hard to read. But I should think that child would grow into unlucky man, and the wisest thing he could do would be to abstain from growing into a man at all.”
“Why?”
“Look at the line of the underlip. Th-th-that is the sort of nature that feels pain as pain and wrong as wrong; and the world has no r-r-room for such people; it needs people who feel nothing but their work,”
― E L Voynich

“Mark my words, emotions hit hard in a crowd.”
― Vinaya

“I went outside to feel light and came back feeling heavy.”
― Vinaya

“Society would govern itself spontaneously if it didn't contain sensitive and intelligent people. You can be sure that they're the only thing that hinders it. Primitive societies were happy because they didn't have such people.”
― Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet