Encounters Quotes
If you never encounter anything in your community that offends you, then you are not living in a free society.
If some confectioners were willing To let the shape announce the filling, We'd encounter fewer assorted chocs, Bitten into and returned to the box.
...not all encounters with the world affect the mind equally. Studies have demonstrated that if the brain appraises an event as "meaningful," it will be more likely to be recalled in the future.
Always observe your opponent carefully. You need to use the first seconds of every encounter to evaluate the length of their blade, the length of their arms, etc.
I found that when I did something for the sake of heaven, heaven happened. These things changed my life. I owe them to my encounter with Christianity.
Any business plan won't survive its first encounter with reality. The reality will always be different. It will never be the plan.
When we trust our creativity we encounter a supreme kind of enjoyment - an amazement at the natural unfolding of life beyond our ordinary way of looking at things.
Adventure is a path...Real adventure - self-determined , self-motivated, often risky - forces you to have firsthand encounters with the world.
In heaven we will sing free of all the shame, sickness and sorrow that we encounter in the here and now.
If you should encounter angry or unkind actions today, take a deep breath, reach deep within and greet the lack of love with love.
I encounter millions of bodies in my life; of these millions, I may desire some hundreds; but of these hundreds, I love only one.
The more others encounter us honoring the boundaries we have set for our lives, the more they will know that they can trust us with their lives.
The expectations you bring to meditation practice are often the greatest obstacles you will encounter.
In mindfulness one is not only restful and happy, but alert and awake. Meditation is not evasion; it is a serene encounter with reality.
I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace.
Once you encounter people who are really testing the limits of kindness, that's when you start to build up a shield and close yourself down.
As beautiful as the chance encounter of a sewing machine and an umbrella on an operating table.
We cannot abandon this rabbit hole for fear of a traumatic encounter with our own culture.
Your first encounter of the day has a more direct bearing on your attitude for that day than your next five encounters.
Those who are to change significantly that which they freshly encounter must themselves be changed by the changing of it.
When you flow like water you bring all of your talents and resources to your creative work... Flow around every obstacle you encounter, including any you've erected yourself.
I ask all people of goodwill to help build a culture of encounter, solidarity and peace
Any approach to strategy quickly encounters a conflict between corporate objectives and corporate capabilities. Attempting the impossible is not good strategy. It is just a waste of resources.
Very often, (in near-death experiences) the person encounters a divine or angelic being. This may be described as Christ, an angel, even God.
If what you are doing is important, you will encounter resistance. If what you are doing isn't important it will be easy.
During youth a blossoming and budding forth tries to happen from inside out as each young person encounters what is seeded in them and gifted in their soul.
What we value about music and literature are the moments that they create in our minds when we encounter them.
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 encounters the world.
A great investment opportunity occurs when a marvelous business encounters a one-time huge, but solvable problem.
There's really not much in life that's as violent or traumatic as an encounter with somebody who really surprises you and opens up that strange dynamic that's involved in romantic love.
There is nothing good that does not meet with opposition, and it should not be valued any less because it encounters objections.
Many people perceive Christianity as something institutional - rather than as an encounter with Christ - which explains why they don't see it as a source of joy.
When we learn to smile at life, we shall find that the problems we encounter dissolve.
It's true that every road leads to God. But only one way leads to a pleasant encounter with Him.
And so I pray I am today as honest with myself, with life all around me and below and above me, with all who I encounter.
Just breathing and smiling can make us very happy, because when we breathe consciously we recover ourselves completely and encounter life in the present moment.
Freedom from spiritual conflicts and bondage is not a power encounter; it's a truth encounter.
I think everyone has spiritual encounters and feelings but I don't think everyone chooses to acknowledge them.