Stephen King Quotes

I'm a strong person, but I'd never resort to violence.

The hardest heart and the grossest ignorance must disappear before the rising sun of suffering without anger and without malice.

I'm not that big, physically. I'm just big where it counts - I got a big heart!

Someday you will know that the heart is not always as wise as it is strong. - Uncle Eddie

Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart.

I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you the strength to do the right thing and behave the right way and overcome the mind.

To injure an opponent is to injure yourself. To control aggression without inflicting injury is the Art of Peace.

What matters is being a particular kind of person. At the most basic level, it matters that you are the kind of person who resolves problems with force of thought and feeling instead of with the force of arms.

You can be the greatest guy in the world but if you ain't got no heart, you ain't gonna survive.

I learned that having great sensitivity is important. But being strong is just as important.

Don't hold back from being an 'empath.' Don't be afraid of shedding your tears. Feel it. Feel the full extent of everything. It gives us strength.

True power does not amass through the pain and suffering of others.

YOU MUST LEARN THE COMPASSION PROPER TO YOUR TRADE" "And what's that?" "A SHARP EDGE.

That only shows you have no heart,’ she said. But her eyes said that she knew he had a heart, and that was why she was afraid of him

My Father taught me how to be a man – and not by instilling in me a sense of machismo or an agenda of dominance. He taught me that a real man doesn’t take, he gives; he doesn’t use force, he uses logic; doesn’t play the role of trouble-maker, but rather, trouble-shooter; and most importantly, a real man is defined by what’s in his heart, not his pants.

Another way that you love your enemy is this: When the opportunity presents itself for you to defeat your enemy, that is the time which you must not do it.

It doesn't make you a monster to want, she said, her voice very gentle. It's what you do with it that matters.

Compassion and love constitute non-violence in action. They are the source of all spiritual qualities: forgiveness, tolerance, all the virtues. They give meaning to our activities and makes them constructive. There is nothing amazing about being rich or highly educated; only when the individual has a warm heart do these attributes become worthwhile.

How much more courage it took to be kind than to be cruel.

The truly brave are soft of heart and eyes, and feel for what their duty bids them do.

Pay bad people with your goodness; fight their hatred with your kindness. Even if you do not achieve a victory over other people, you will conquer yourself.

Minds are not conquered by force, but by love and high-mindedness.

It's okay to put your heart on your sleeve. Okay to have that softer side - the softer side in the sense of being able to listen, to deal with fear, to not always be so dominant.

Let not your rage or malice destroy a life.

I am not going to change who I am. I am human and I know how to love, and be kind, and be compassionate to those who are weaker than me. Just because I have power doesn't mean I have to use it!