“When a public quarrel is envenomed by private injuries, a blow that isn't mortal or decisive can be productive only of a… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
My encounters with racism are sort of second-hand situations where I might be standing around with a group of white friends and… — Wentworth Miller Copy Share Image
Encounter every situation with your total consciousness, without any guilt. Enjoy music, enjoy food, enjoy love - enjoy everything that is natural. — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Some reviewers have read this as cynicism but I don't see it that way. When I say "I am so sick /… — Randall Mann Copy Share Image
All my work, my life, everything I do is about survival, not just bare, awful, plodding survival, but survival with grace and… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
The short story feels like the most natural length for prose fiction, or certainly for the kind of ideas and situations I… — Nicholas Royle Copy Share Image
If you go to a higher place of power, you can gain power there and you might even encounter some beings of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There are more than 3500 military and commercial aircraft pilot reports of encounters worldwide; many cases have corroborating radar documentation and multiple… — Steven M. Greer Copy Share Image
We must recover the whole sense of gift, of gratuitousness, of solidarity. Rampant capitalism has taught the logic of profit at all… — Pope Francis 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
Anything outside yourself, this you can see and apply your logic to it. But it’s a human trait that when we encounter… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
There are self-awareness groups, to help you discover who you really are ... encounter groups, to help you deal with who you… — Cathy Guisewite Copy Share Image
Before my encounter with Thomist philosophy through Maritain, I had almost reached the same conclusions through the logical development of my work,… — Gino Severini 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
Time mellows people as it mellows wine, as long as the grapes are good. You may set out to be a businesswoman… — Barbara Johnson Copy Share Image
I see something - some conjunction of forms - which dominates all others. There is a sudden recognition that in what I… — Graham Sutherland Copy Share Image
When things go wrong in our life and we encounter difficult situations, we tend to regard the situation itself as our problem,… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
...We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. That sounds goody two-shoes, I know, but I believe that a… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Without prolonged moments of adoration, of prayerful encounter with the word, of sincere conversation with the Lord, our work easily becomes meaningless;… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Have faith to keep all the commandments of God, knowing that they are given to bless His children and bring them joy.… — Russell M. Nelson Copy Share Image
Imagine that someone said or did something cruel to you, but that you did not react in any way whatsoever – you… — Roy Masters Copy Share Image
Sometimes I have experienced God in extraordinary ways - in dramatic surprises or soul-expanding insights or unexplainable mystical encounters. More often, I… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
I want to remind priests that the confessional must not be a torture chamber but rather an encounter with the Lord’s mercy… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Adventure is a path. Real adventure - self-determined, self-motivated, often risky - forces you to have firsthand encounters with the world. The… — Mark Jenkins Copy Share Image
Positive change always encounters resistance, conflict, and obstacles. We must embrace difficult and heated situations in life, for that is the method… — Yehuda Berg Copy Share Image
See the genius in everyone you encounter. Just as the mountain cannot crack a nut though it can carry a forest on… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world. — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
Following your feelings will lead you to their source. Only through emotions can you encounter the force field of your own soul. — Gary Zukav Copy Share Image
And whenever you encounter a problem, no matter how insurmountable it might seem, there is one simple response that should be ingrained… — Stedman Graham Copy Share Image
We must be willing to encounter darkness and despair when they come up and face them, over and over again if need… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Shahid has grown increasingly committed to the art of indignation, waking up in the morning with an expression of incipient disgust already… — Sara Suleri Copy Share Image
One encounters very capable fathers abashed by their piano-playing daughters. Three measures of Schumann make them red with embarrassment. — Alfred Doblin Copy Share Image
This is pretty much the answer to every problem you encounter in suburbia: plant a tree, and hope you don't see anyone's… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
There's no way that I know of to avoid pain absolutely, but suffering is the interpretation we choose to place on the… — Florynce Kennedy Copy Share Image
These handwritten words in the pages of my journal confirm that from an early age I have experienced each encounter in my… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
A Christian ought to realize what the weights laid on his spirit are. If he encounters it in the morning and does… — Watchman Nee Copy Share Image
I had a long conversation with the imam, the Grand Imam of the Al-Azhar University, and I know how they think... They… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Sadly, children's passion for thinking often ends when they encounter a world that seeks to educate them for conformity and obedience only. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
The decisions that we write off as momentary, insignificant, incidental, everyday encounters are exactly when we have a chance to define ourselves.… — Teri Hatcher Copy Share Image
I encounter a lot of prejudice and a lot of darkness. I have to negotiate constantly through situations that are uncomfortable or… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image