What is gentle?

Famous quotes containing the word gentle:

    This castle hath a pleasant seat; the air
    Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself
    Unto our gentle senses.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    That you’re wavin’ from the backroads by the rivers of my memory ever smilin’
    Ever gentle on my mind.
    John Hartford (b.1937)

    Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance.
    Walter Benjamin (1892–1940)