We Encounter Quotes

79 We Encounter quotes by 63 unique authors

And so we polish our own lives, creating landscapes and canyons and peaks with the very silt we try to avoid, the dirt we disavow… — Terry Tempest Williams
But over the years, I've learned not to believe too much in luck or accidents; T think everything happens for a reason. There's something to… — Syd Field
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
When we learn to smile at life, we shall find that the problems we encounter dissolve. — Donald Curtis
I'm interested in the human impact of the giant foot of misplaced government. After all, we encounter it every day. — Dave Eggers
What we value about music and literature are the moments that they create in our minds when we encounter them. — Stephan Jenkins
Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease. It helps remove whatever fears or insecurities we may have and gives… — Dalai Lama
At the breakfast table we are footnoting everything that we read. We don't recognise it as such but we encounter an article in the newspaper… — Mark Z. Danielewski
We do not seek a Christ whom we have invented, for only in the real communion of the Church do we encounter the real Christ. — Pope Benedict XVI
When we smile, the muscles around our mouth are stretched and relaxed, just like doing yoga. Smiling is mouth yoga. We release the tension from… — Nhat Hanh
Mysterious spaces cause us to turn inward. Amid a rich upwelling of association, we encounter many aspects of ourselves. As we grow still, we come… — John Paul Caponigro
I grew up in Sierra Leone, in a small village where as a boy my imagination was sparked by the oral tradition of storytelling. At… — Ishmael Beah
Listening to and understanding our inner sufferings will resolve most of the problems we encounter. — Nhat Hanh
It is the lives we encounter that make life worth living. — Guy de Maupassant
To have humility is to experience reality, not in relation to ourselves, but in its sacred independence. It is to see, judge, and act from… — Dag Hammarskjold
If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Reading is one of the true pleasures of life. In our age of mass culture, when so much that we encounter is abridged,adapted, adulterated, shredded,… — Thomas S. Monson
The two hardest tests on the spiritual road are the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with… — Paulo Coelho
Those [things] that we encounter for the first time immediately have a spiritual effect upon us. A child, for whom every object is new, experiences… — Wassily Kandinsky
As we encounter new experiences with a mindful and wise attention, we discover that one of three things will happen to our new experience: it… — Jack Kornfield

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