Encounter Quotes

716 Encounter quotes by 535 unique authors

Upscale young men seem to go for the kind of woman who plays with a full deck of credit cards, who won't cry when she's… — Barbara Ehrenreich
I think it's great that we have organisations like Greenpeace. In a pluralistic society, we want to have people who point out all the problems… — Bjorn Lomborg
One encounter with Jesus Christ is enough to change you, instantly, forever. — Luis Palau
Venezuelans have a deep democratic conviction. If the government hotheads ventured out to stir violence they would encounter the armed forces. I don't believe the… — Henrique Capriles Radonski
People are interested in pro football because it provides them with an emotional oasis; they don't want football to get involved in the same types… — Pete Rozelle
Whenever I felt happy about having discovered something, the first encounter, not only with the public, with other musicians, with specialists, etc, was that they… — Karlheinz Stockhausen
Anyone who seeks enlightenment is going to encounter opposition, whether it is from their society or from non-physical forces or friends or whatever it is.… — Frederick Lenz
Human beings, when they encounter that which can't be understood, either run away from it, run towards it blindly, or just rationalize it out of… — Frederick Lenz
We must be forewarned that only rarely does a text easily lend itself to the reader's curiosity... the reading of a text is a transaction… — Paulo Freire
While others are engaged in inferior and menial tasks in which they encounter many difficulties, how can I sit here at peace and do nothing?… — Shantideva
As Christians we are here to affirm the supreme value of direct sharing, of immediate encounter -not machine to machine, but person to person, face… — Kallistos Ware
If you really want to help, then help others to be more present. Help others to free themselves from the past. Help others to take… — Leonard Jacobson
No scientist knows the world merely by holding it at arm's length: if we ever managed to build the objectivist wall between the knower and… — Parker J. Palmer
Most of us encounter a great deal more Mystery than we are willing to experience. Sometimes knowing life requires us to suspend disbelief, to recognize… — Rachel Naomi Remen
Real faith means holding ourselves open to the unconditional mystery which we encounter in every sphere of our life and which cannot be comprised in… — Martin Buber
I honor the wisdom of life. I learn from life in all its forms. The tree teaches me. The sparrow and the wren sing my… — Julia Cameron
To exist without purpose is to be at the mercy of the chance encounter, the chance invitation, the chance phone call, the chance event- always… — Nathaniel Branden
Every experience is an opportunity to encounter the Divine. — Susan W. Krebs
When we learn to smile at life, we shall find that the problems we encounter dissolve. — Donald Curtis
I found that when I did something for the sake of heaven, heaven happened. These things changed my life. I owe them to my encounter… — Lionel Blue
A man in my situation, my lords, has not only to encounter the difficulties of fortune. and the force of power over minds which it… — Robert Emmet
I'm interested in the human impact of the giant foot of misplaced government. After all, we encounter it every day. — Dave Eggers
Every day at some point I encounter some sort of anti-American feeling. — Chelsea Clinton
I once fell 20 feet from a tree, was knocked unconscious, and when I picked myself up and straggled home, my parents thought I was… — Sharon Creech
Sometimes we read or hear too much news that makes us fearful or suspicious of others. We can forget that most of the people that… — Adrienne Clarkson

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