Encounters Quotes

743 Encounters quotes by 571 unique authors

The truth is that in our lives we are all going to encounter questions that should be answered, that deserve to be answered, and yet… — John Green
Had Elizabeth been able to encounter his eye, she might have seen how well the expression of heartfelt delight, diffused over his face, became him;… — Jane Austen
A moment of grace. There rose up within me a profound sense of being loved. I felt "gathered together" and encircled by a Presence completely… — Sue Monk Kidd
Thereâ€™s no value in digging shallow wells in a hundred places. Decide on one place and dig deep. Even if you encounter a rock, use… — Swami Satchidananda
Reading has always brought me pure joy. I read to encounter new worlds and new ways of looking at the world. I read to enlarge… — Nancy Pearl
But nirvana is a radical transformation of how it feels to be alive: it feels as if everything were myself, or as if everything---including "my"… — Alan Watts
I knew that the world around you is only uninteresting if you can't see what is really going on. The place you come from is… — David Malouf
We treat our encounters with them with carefree casualness. We are certain that our relationships will naturally take care of themselves. — Leo Buscaglia
We think there are limits to the dimensions of fear. Until we encounter the unknown. Then we can all feel boundless amounts of terror. — Peter HÃ¸eg
The problem in narcissism is not the high ideals and ambitions, it's the difficulty one encounters when trying to give them body. — Thomas Moore
The ordinary procedure of the nineteenth century is that when a powerful and noble personage encounters a man of feeling, he kills, exiles, imprisons or… — Stendhal
All actual life is encounter. — Martin Buber
Yes, I thought I'd try electrocution next. Since a bomb, a fire, Vinco's knife and a brief encounter with outer space didn't kill me. — Maria V. Snyder
It is not the responsibility of knights errant to discover whether the afflicted, the enchained and the oppressed whom they encounter on the road are… — Miguel de Cervantes
In traveling, a companion, in life, compassion,'" she repeats, making sure of it. If she had paper and pencil, it wouldn't surprise me if she… — Haruki Murakami
Everyone knows how to love,because we are all born with that gift.Some people have a natural talent for it but the majority of us have… — Paulo Coelho
There is a light in this world, a healing spirit more powerful than any darkness we may encounter. We sometimes lose sight of this force… — Mother Teresa
Eventually, you will come to understand that love heals everything, and love is all there is. The journey may take many lifetimes, but you will… — Gary Zukav
At their best, religious and spiritual communities help us discover this pure and naked spiritual encounter. At their worst, they simply make us more ashamed,… — Brian D. McLaren
You discover how confounding the world is when you try to draw it. You look at a car, and you try to see its car-ness,… — Shaun Tan

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