Encounters Quotes - Page 4

• I don't believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents.

  Pablo Picasso

  Art, Believe, History

  "International Herald Tribune" Newspaper, September 15, 1992.

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• What struck me most was the silence. It was a great silence, unlike any I have encountered on Earth, so vast and deep that I began to hear my own body: my heart beating, my blood vessels pulsing, even the rustle of my muscles moving over each other seemed audible. There were more stars in the sky than I had expected. The sky was deep black, yet at the same time bright with sunlight.

  Alexey Leonov

  Stars, Moving, Heart

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• One of the fundamental choices you face in every encounter is the choice to approach or avoid.

  Steve Pavlina

  Choices, Fundamentals, Faces

  Steve Pavlina (2010). “Personal Development for Smart People”, p.34, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Education, Wisdom, Book

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2010). “Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume VIII: Letters and Social Aims”, p.93, Harvard University Press

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• The lonely one offers his hand too quickly to whomever he encounters.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Friendship, Lonely, Loneliness

  Friedrich Nietzsche (1977). “The Portable Nietzsche”, p.112, Penguin

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• We are almost always guilty of the hate we encounter.

  Luc de Clapiers

  Hate, Hatred, Guilty

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• If I must die, I will encounter darkness as a bride, and hug it in mine arms.

  William Shakespeare

  Darkness, Hug, Arms

  'Measure for Measure' (1604) act 3, sc. 1, l. 81

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• 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 principal source of success in life. Since we are not solely material creatures, it is a mistake to place all our hopes for happiness on external development alone. The key is to develop inner peace.

  Dalai Lama

  Mistake, Keys, Giving

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• I've always been relatively reserved with my social encounters.

  Ryan Kwanten

  Social, Reserved

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• 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 us the strength to cope with any obstacles we encounter.

  Dalai Lama

  Giving, Feelings, Insecurity

  Dalai Lama XIV, Rajiv Mehrotra (2010). “In My Own Words: An Introduction to My Teachings and Philosophy”, p.2, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Many of the unexpected opportunities we encounter are small but significant.

  S. Truett Cathy

  Opportunity, Unexpected, Significant

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• ...there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

  Christopher McCandless

  Adventure, Adventurous Life, New Experiences

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  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

  Inspirational, Life, Change

  "Gratitude in Grief: Finding Daily Joy and a Life of Purpose Following the Death of My Son" by Kelly S. Buckley, (p. 133), 2010.

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• The evangelization of the person and of human communities depends totally on this encounter with Jesus Christ.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Jesus, Community, Christ

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  In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Inspirational, Motivational, Friendship

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• Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies.

  John Milton

  Gratitude, Everyday, Thankfulness

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• Give love and unconditional acceptance to those you encounter, and notice what happens.

  Wayne Dyer

  Love, Life, Motivational

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• Everything that we encounter leaves traces behind. Everything contributes imperceptibly to our education

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Inspirational, Life, Beautiful

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• We must be forewarned that only rarely does a text easily lend itself to the reader's curiosity... the reading of a text is a transaction between the reader and the text, which mediates the encounter between the reader and writer. It is a composition between the reader and the writer in which the reader "rewrites" the text making a determined effort not to betray the author's spirit.

  Paulo Freire

  Reading, Learning, Effort

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• The complete encounter with the Lord will mark an end to history, but it will take place in history.

  Gustavo Gutiérrez

  Lord, Ends, Mark

  Gustavo Gutiérrez (1988). “A theology of liberation: history, politics, and salvation”

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• Sometimes we read or hear too much news that makes us fearful or suspicious of others. We can forget that most of the people that we know, or at least encounter regularly, are decent and friendly.

  Adrienne Clarkson

  People, Friendly, News

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• My ambition is to have beautiful encounters, not to make money.

  Juliette Binoche

  Beautiful, Ambition, Making Money

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• Give the respect you want to receive; embody the grace you hope to encounter; and help others with no expectations whatsoever.

  Cory Booker

  Helping Others, Giving, Expectations

  FaceBook post by Cory Booker from Aug 24, 2016

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• The fashion of the world is to avoid cost, and you encounter it.

  William Shakespeare

  Fashion, Cost, World

  William Shakespeare (2012). “Much Ado About Nothing”, p.3, Courier Corporation

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• It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Ocean, Sea, Waiting

  Charles Caleb Colton (1832). “Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think”, p.138

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