Evidence perhaps, that even with the most advanced and sustainably-minded undertakings, a bit of whimsy and light-heartedness is good for the soul and home. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The goldfinch has the advantage of the titmouse in several respects, but he lacks that sprightliness, that exceeding light-heartedness, which is the chickadee's most endearing characteristic. ❋ Bradford Torrey (1877)
Unreserved children of sincerity, by the very open-heartedness which is one great cause of their commanding power, and contagiously diffuses every zealous affection originating in their nobility of nature -- by this grown to excess, made negligent of instinctive self-defence, and heedless of misconstruction, or overcome by importunate and clinging temptations -- to what charges have they not been exposed from that proneness to disparaging judgments so common in little minds! ❋ Various (N/A)
German pieces of this kind are often extremely charming and diverting, and they impart that light-heartedness which is a first condition of a healthy mind. ❋ Stephen Graham (1929)
A splendid Newfoundland fisherman and his wife had a summer fishing station here, and with that generous open-heartedness which is characteristic of our seafarers, they were only too anxious to help. ❋ Wilfred Thomason Grenfell (1902)
In a way the music is both meteorological and psychological; it pictures the dreary waste of country; it seems to speak of the falling snow and biting frost; but it also gives voice to the heavy-heartedness which is the prevailing mood of the act. ❋ Henry Edward Krehbiel (1888)
I will try to imitate you, and rise above the half-heartedness which is the bane of existence, and which makes the firm path of life a trembling, swaying bridge. ❋ Georg Ebers (1867)
But if there was little amusement, there was, on the other hand, great devotion; the Princess, as a child, had that peculiar combination of self-will and warm-heartedness which is apt to win for a child a special love from its elders. ❋ Queen Of Great Britain Victoria (1860)
On the other hand, there are some who I agree with on moral issues, who, nonetheless, bludgeon others on these same issues, and cause people to return to the kind of hard-heartedness which is going to prevent societal change. ❋ Henry Karlson (2009)
There is nothing more important than looking at sexuality with honesty and open-heartedness. ❋ Unknown (2010)
I was grateful – so, so grateful – for Laura and her child; their generosity and open-mindedness and open-heartedness saved me a great deal of pain. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The leads were allowed to be most heavyhearted — say, after having to take out a foe whose humanity was briefly glimpsed — but hard-heartedness was kept generally to the casting margins, or acknowledged under the cover of exigency. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The real side of Whitman, carefully hidden from view by her handlers, was released that night and now she is paying the price for her penchant to blame others, cold heartedness, and self-preserving political cowardice. ❋ Jim Gonzalez (2010)
We will listen to them with the same open-heartedness we bring to all editorial feedback that doesn't come from ourselves! ❋ Roger Sutton (2009)
We'll see whether that light-heartedness extends to how this grown-up Dick Grayson feels about working with Bruce Wayne again. ❋ Unknown (2009)
That large-heartedness – that concern and regard for the plight of others – is not a partisan feeling. ❋ Unknown (2009)
