Encounters Quotes

743 Encounters quotes by 571 unique authors

Some people think they are in community, but they are only in proximity. True community requires commitment and openness. It is a willingness to extend… — David Spangler
Delicious is a just and firm encounter of two in a thought, in a feeling. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Our energy is in proportion to the resistance it meets. We attempt nothing great but from a sense of the difficulties we have to encounter,… — William Hazlitt
Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world. — John Milton
The gratitude that we encounter helps us believe in the goodness of the world, and strengthens us thereby to do what's good. — Albert Schweitzer
To serve the cause of water adequately... We must get to know it in its true being. And how do we do this? Why, by… — Theodor Schwenk
Many cognitive psychologists see the brain as a computer. But every single brain is absolutely individual, both in its development and in the way it… — Gerald Edelman
The majority of my UFO diet consists of reports describing suspected encounters. This is not surprising, as there are thousands of sightings annually. The emailer… — Seth Shostak
A single week of Oprah takes you from bondage to all the violent terrors of life, to escape through vicarious encounters with celebrity, to visions… — Lee Siegel
The human brain has evolved the capacity to impose a narrative, complete with chronology and cause-and-effect logic, on whatever it encounters, no matter how apparently… — Robin Marantz Henig
I was raised in a heavily Catholic family. Early and consistent encounters with mysticism. — Nic Pizzolatto
Well, in The Chosen, Danny Saunders, from the heart of his religious reading of the world, encounters an element in the very heart of the… — Chaim Potok
The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon,… — Christopher McCandless
I was a young boy when I met the Surrealists and the Dadaists. I admired them, and that is what they taught me: to admire.… — Stephane Hessel
When subjected to any form of ruthless encounters, focus on your uniqueness and draw on your own beliefs and values. — Senoraroy
Regretting your exs and regretting your mistakes is regretting your past, and by regretting mistakes, choices, and situations, you also regret feelings, emotions and heart,… — Carniel Dunlop
The most beautiful encounters are those with hankerchiefs.They wipe away your sweat when youre tired,and your tears when you're sad. — Nikkie
Thoughts when put in action culminates in experience. Experience gives strength, courage and confidence to withstand successfully if one encounters any obstacle in his endeavor. — Anil Sinha
Don't let the encounters you have with those who hurt you in the past stop you completely from seeing the good in others. — Terry Mark
It requires more strength to be gentle, so it's the everyday encounters of life that I think we've prepared children for and prepared them to… — Bob Keeshan

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