Encounters Quotes

743 Encounters quotes by 571 unique authors

We cannot abandon this rabbit hole for fear of a traumatic encounter with our own culture. — Elif Safak
The shaman no longer looks for meaning in life, but brings meaning to every situation. The shaman stops looking for truth and instead brings truth… — Alberto Villoldo
Does virtual intimacy degrade our experience of the other kind and, indeed, of all encounters, of any kind? — Sherry Turkle
You can't think of everything in life your horse might encounter that might make him afraid so you'd better prepare em for it in other… — Buck Brannaman
So-called real life has only once interfered with me, and it had been a far cry from what the words, lines, books had prepared me… — Cees Nooteboom
I should like to write about what happens when fictive people encounter and are embellished by real people. — Jean Giono
Students are too busy jumping through the next hurdle in the résumé race to figure out what they really want. They are too frantic tasting… — David Brooks
Auschwitz cries out with the pain of immense suffering and pleads for a future of respect, peace and encounter among peoples. — Pope Francis
In life we encounter many people who, in some way or another, try to tattoo our faces. — Dan Ariely
J.R. Angelella is a truly gifted writer. Zombie is one of the smartest, strangest, and most beautifully crafted coming-of-age stories you will ever encounter. — Donald Ray Pollock
His voice was an omnipresent cry in our electronic world. His sharp features, majestic looks, and prancing style a vivid etching on the landscape of… — Edward Seaga
When we encounter an unexpected challenge of threat the only way to save ourselves is to hold on tight to the people around us and… — Shawn Achor
As we explore the nature of our gift, our goal is to move toward this kind of giving: cheerful giving that flows gently and easily,… — Wayne Muller
Effective leaders allow God to shape them into the kind of people they need to be for each situation they encounter. — Jim George
When things go wrong in our life and we encounter difficult situations, we tend to regard the situation itself as our problem, but in reality… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
No plan ever survives its first encounter with the enemy. — Douglas MacArthur
All my work, my life, everything I do is about survival, not just bare, awful, plodding survival, but survival with grace and faith. While one… — Maya Angelou
It helps remove whatever fears or insecurities we may have and gives us the strength to cope with any obstacles we encounter. It is the… — Dalai Lama
The Internet offers immense possibilities for encounter and solidarity. This is something truly good, a gift from God. — Pope Francis
Evidence for or against God, if it is there, saturates every moment of the experience of existence, every employment of reason, every act of consciousness,… — David Bentley Hart
Laila Lalami has fashioned an absorbing story of one of the first encounters between Spanish conquistadores and Native Americans, a frightening, brutal, and much-falsified history… — Salman Rushdie
REFLECTION,n: An Action of the mind whereby we obtain a clearer view of our relation to the things of yesterday and are able to avoid… — Ambrose Bierce
There is a light in this world, a healing spirit more powerful than any darkness we may encounter. — Mother Teresa
During youth a blossoming and budding forth tries to happen from inside out as each young person encounters what is seeded in them and gifted… — Michael Meade
The fact is that poetry is not the books in the library . . . Poetry is the encounter of the reader with the book,… — Jorge Luis Borges

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