Encounter Quotes

716 Encounter quotes by 535 unique authors

I encounter one example after another of how relative truth is. — Raoul Wallenberg
Some Catholics have a concept I very much admire: the Sacrament of the Present Moment. It suggests that every moment of our lives is sacred,… — M. Scott Peck
Yes, I share your concern: how to program well -though a teachable topic- is hardly taught. The situation is similar to that in mathematics, where… — Edsger Dijkstra
...One of the most important lessons, perhaps, is the fact that SOFTWARE IS HARD. From now on I shall have significantly greater respect for every… — Donald Knuth
The difference between the "natural" individuation process, which runs its course unconsciously, and the one that is consciously realized is tremendous. In the first case,… — Carl Jung
Somewhere lives a bad Cajun cook, just as somewhere must live one last ivory-billed woodpecker. For me, I don't expect ever to encounter either one. — William Least Heat-Moon
An encounter with the superior energy is open to anyone but remains far from those who shift responsibility onto others. — Paulo Coelho
The art of reading is in great part that of acquiring a better understanding of life from one's encounter with it in a book. — Andre Maurois
I feel that the Christian experience and the Jewish one have much to give each other. If this open society continues and there is no… — Lionel Blue
There is a spiritual capacity in carbon as there is a carbon component functioning in our highest spiritual experience. If some scientists consider that all… — Thomas Berry
Here we encounter two conflicting concepts with which we must come to grips in our time: the idea of national solidarity and the idea of… — Gustav Stresemann
I have yet to encounter that common myth of weak men, an insurmountable barrier. — James Lane Allen
Chess holds deep wisdoms of the people. It is truly an image of life, the reflection of human fate that has shown us the earthly… — Pope John Paul II
Here and there in the ancient literature we encounter legends of wise and mysterious games that were conceived and played by scholars, monks, or the… — Hermann Hesse
See the genius in everyone you encounter. Just as the mountain cannot crack a nut though it can carry a forest on its back, so… — Wayne Dyer
Creativity is neither the product of neurosis nor simple talent, but an intense courageous encounter with the Gods. — Rollo May
Creation happens to us, burns into us, changes us, we tremble and swoon, we submit. Creation - we participate in it, we encounter the creator,… — Martin Buber
The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful… — George Graham Vest
Self-knowledge is not the knowledge of a dead self, self-knowledge is the knowledge of the process of the self. It is an alive phenomenon. The… — Rajneesh
If I must die, I will encounter darkness as a bride, and hug it in mine arms. — William Shakespeare

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