Ancient Quote by John O'Donohue

Whenever you meet anybody, it is a holy encounter. The primary event is the energy field of presence between you and the other human…

— Eckhart Tolle

Nothing is so awesomely unfamiliar as the familiar that discloses itself at the end of a journey. Nothing shakes the heart so much as…

— Cynthia Ozick

It is with sincere affection or friendship as with ghosts and apparitions,--a thing that everybody talks of, and scarce any hath seen.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

There [is] a feeling of recognition, as of meeting an old friend, which comes to us all in the face of great artistic experiences.…

— Ralph Vaughan Williams

We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, before a word has…

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

The power to guess the unseen from the seen, to trace the implication of things, to judge the whole piece by the pattern, the…

— Henry James

What you encounter, recognize or discover depends to a large degree on the quality of your approach. Many of the ancient cultures practiced careful…

— John O'Donohue

For many people, the first indication of a spiritual awakening is that they suddenly become aware of their thoughts. They become a witness to…

— Eckhart Tolle

We are all strangers in a strange land, longing for home, but not quite knowing what or where home is. We glimpse it sometimes…

— Madeleine L'Engle

We meet on the common ground of an uncommon age and share out our gifts of dark and light, good and bad, simple joy…

— Ray Bradbury

“A Glimpse" A glimpse through an interstice caught, Of a crowd of workmen and drivers in a bar-room around the stove late of a…

— Walt Whitman

The power to guess the unseen from the seen, to trace the implications of things, to judge the whole piece by the pattern .…

— Henry James