The desire to break the silence with constant human noise is, I believe, precisely an avoidance of the sacred terror of that… — Matsuo Basho Copy Share Image
The rules of Canadian engagement say that if we encounter a celebrity, we have to pretend we're not encountering a celebrity. — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
Rather than set aside daily time for prayer, I pray constantly and spontaneously about everything I encounter on a daily basis. When… — Thomas Kinkade Copy Share Image
Of course you'll encounter trouble. But behold a God of power who can take any evil and turn it into a door… — Catherine Marshall Copy Share Image
Luther deters me from solitariness; but he does not mean from a sober solitude that rallies our scattered strengths and prepares us… — Francis Atterbury Copy Share Image
Once shame touches your being at any point, even the most distant nerve is implicated, whether you know it or not; any… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
If you live in an oppressive society, you've got to be resilient. You can't let each little thing crush you. You have… — James Earl Jones Copy Share Image
The joy of the gospel fills the hearts and lives of all who encounter Jesus. Those who accept His offer of salvation… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“Or maybe our paths will diverge someday, taking us in separate directions, making our relationship a brief but beautiful spot in a… — Crystal Cestari Copy Share Image
Sci-Fi is the genre that explored both possibilities: the end of our existential crisis and the end of our existence. My novel,… — Rick Yancey Copy Share Image
There are two ways you encounter things in the world that are different. One is everything that comes in reinforces what you… — Jane Jacobs Copy Share Image
I used to have weird practices in crowded used-book stores in New York where I'd go in and just stomp my foot… — Saul Williams Copy Share Image
Remember that you will derive strength by reflecting that the saints yearn for you to join their ranks; desire to see you… — Henry Suso Copy Share Image
Autism isn't something a person has, or a shell that a person is trapped inside. There's no normal child hidden behind the… — Jim Sinclair Copy Share Image
Those [things] that we encounter for the first time immediately have a spiritual effect upon us. A child, for whom every object… — Wassily Kandinsky Copy Share Image
I had never thought about what it might mean to be deaf, to be deprived of language, or to have a remarkable… — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
Youll almost encounter a superstition amongst musicians, people sort of go through strange rituals, what they need to do to write a… — Dar Williams Copy Share Image
“No one would have guessed that the jagged pieces of our soul fit the puzzle in this box. We were considered the… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
What will happen in those encounters? Who knows? It wouldn't be much fun if you knew all of that; you'd be watching… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It's easier to write from my own life, and it's also more fun. I always write about relationships, for instance, whether they're… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
Sloths have no real natural body odor, which helps hide and protect them from potential predators. As a result, their natural smell… — Ann Burton Copy Share Image
Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
If what you are doing is important, you will encounter resistance. If what you are doing isn't important it will be easy. — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
“Life is actually a series of encounters in which one event may change those that follow in a wholly unpredictable, even devastating… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are people who are afraid to go to confession, forgetting that they will not encounter a severe judge there, but the… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
So we both strip off our boots and socks and, while there’s some improvement, I could swear he’s making an effort to… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Nothing so lowers a lover in a virile maiden's estimation, than for him to be 'whipped' in a personal encounter with a… — Arthur Desmond Copy Share Image
Well, in The Chosen, Danny Saunders, from the heart of his religious reading of the world, encounters an element in the very… — Chaim Potok Copy Share Image
When your life has had few events to occupy it, it's amazing how a simple encounter can seem like an entire three-act… — Mary E. Pearson Copy Share Image
Your practice should be strengthened by the difficult situations you encounter, just as a bonfire in a strong wind is not blown… — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche Copy Share Image
If you don't encounter setbacks in your career, if you don't have doubts and disappointments , let me tell you, you're not… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
To be a follower of the Crucified means, sooner or later, a personal encounter with the cross. And the cross always entails… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
Anyone who seeks enlightenment is going to encounter opposition, whether it is from their society or from non-physical forces or friends or… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The loss of an eager and unrestrained longing for someone or the lack of an unyielding desire of momentous incidents in life… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
Prayer is continuing a conversation that God has started through his Word and his grace, which eventually becomes a full encounter with… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
I'd say that the whole 'sitting on the Iron Throne' experience is intended to be a novelty for people who don't have… — John Bradley-West Copy Share Image
If we cannot understand the depth of feeling in the Muslim world toward Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood, and Islam as… — Hooman Majd Copy Share Image
'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' is the best movie for a guy like me. A cerebral adventure. A moving story. A… — Tom DeLonge Copy Share Image
Over the course of many encounters and many years, I have successfully developed a standard operating procedure for dealing with big, nasty… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image