Softest

The softest pillow is a clear conscience.

Necile gathered the softest moss in all the forest for Claus to lie upon.

"Incompetent" is the softest word usable to describe them.

Diamond is the hardest mineral, talcum is the softest.

Without love, life can be cold and it can be cruel. Sometimes cruelty is deliberate — the action of bullies or bigots, or the inaction of those indifferent to another’s pain. But often, cruelty is simply born of life, a matter of fate or God’s will, beyond our mortal powers to comprehend. To suffer such faceless, seemingly random cruelty can harden the softest hearts, or shrink the sturdiest. It can make one mean, or bitter, or full of self-pity. Or, to paraphrase an old proverb, it can make you beg for a lighter burden.