Sometimes we read or hear too much news that makes us fearful or suspicious of others. We can forget that most of… — Adrienne Clarkson Copy Share Image
Christianity means community through Jesus Christ and in Jesus Christ. No Christian community is more or less than this. Whether it is… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
People who cannot respect others for their good qualities - people who only look at the bad in others - are no… — Masaaki Hatsumi Copy Share Image
When I mention somebody, that doesn't necessarily mean that I identify with him, personally or poetically. I'm extremely happy when I encounter… — Wislawa Szymborska Copy Share Image
Nevertheless, whether in occurrences lasting days, hours or mere minutes at a time, I have experienced happiness often, and have had brief… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I suppose the thing I most would have liked to have known or been reassured about is that in the world, what… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
Only those faults which we encounter in ourselves are insufferable to us in others. — Sophie Swetchine Copy Share Image
I learned, viscerally, something that I knew intellectually: that I cannot protect my daughter from the difficulties as she may encounter in… — Linda Goldstein Knowlton Copy Share Image
The idea of close encounters of the zero'th kind - which is to say, not a close encounter at all, but simply… — Seth Shostak 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
If you never encounter anything in your community that offends you, then you are not living in a free society. — Kim Campbell Copy Share Image
Stupidity is always astounding, no matter how often one encounters it. — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
Confessions of a Video Vixen' is not a book about my encounters with celebrities, or anyone else for that matter. It is… — Karrine Steffans Copy Share Image
[C]ultivated risk-taking represents an 'experiment with trust' (in the sense of basic trust) which consequently has implications for an individual's self-identity. (...)… — Anthony Giddens Copy Share Image
One of the most commonly overlooked spiritual practices is daring to be completely honest with everyone you encounter. Some may say others… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate… — David Brin Copy Share Image
Whatever blocks you encounter, you have learned that there is a way over, around or through them. It is not those obstacles… — Douglas Smith Copy Share Image
The Internet is manic. It's very strange. I don't think it's healthy. They should outlaw posting comments! It's a bummer to go… — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
Christ comes among us at Christmas: it is the perfect time for a personal encounter with the Lord. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Cognitive states of mind are seldom addictive, since they depend upon exploration of the world, and the individual encounter with the individual… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
People are interested in pro football because it provides them with an emotional oasis; they don't want football to get involved in… — Pete Rozelle Copy Share Image
The River adapts itself to whatever route prove possible, but the river never forgets its one objective: the sea. So fragile at… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
In the middle of the night, things well up from the past that are not always cause for rejoicing--the unsolved, the painful… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
I have seen some who did not know when to turn aside their eyes in meeting yours. A truly confident and magnanimous… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
A woman has to demonstrate in every moment to be thirty times better than a man, to gain trust and to be… — Dacia Maraini Copy Share Image