Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies.
Delicious is a just and firm encounter of two in a thought, in a feeling.
A reader should encounter themselves in a novel, I think.
What is it that is eternal: the primal phenomenon, present in the here and now, of what we call revelation? It is man's emerging from the moment of the supreme encounter, being no longer the same as he was when entering into it.
It could be said that just about anyone we encounter is our neighbor, but it especially applies to those we would be least likely to love.
When you meet anyone, treat the event as a holy encounter. It's through others that we either find or love our self. For you see, nothing is accomplished without others. When you eliminate the concept of separation from your thoughts and your behavior, you begin to feel your connection to everything and everyone.
We are not trying to solve the world's problems. . . However, even in the midst of hatred and killing, there are things worth living for. A wonderful encounter, or a thing of beauty can still exist.
the encounter with death is the great turning-point in the lives of those who live on.
Characters in Hollywood movies encounter a lot of car chases. Characters in novels rarely wash their hands or do their laundry. And in the work of moral psychologists, people deliberate and reflect a lot. They deliberate, one sometimes feels, whenever they perform an action, and certainly whenever they act for good reasons.
Following your feelings will lead you to their source. Only through emotions can you encounter the force field of your own soul.
I love the sound of the distant bugle call in the countryside in early morning I love to be pushed in busy crowds I love the sound of gongs and trumpets along the streets I love circus performances I even wish to die in this moment of glorious encounter.
Nothing that I can encounter today can be as bad as what is behind me. There are small things that used to upset me, but now I just think: Who cares?
I encounter many Christians who've been raised in the church but never realized that there's a cohesive storyline from Genesis to Revelation.
If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.
The city as a center where, any day in any year, there may be a fresh encounter with a new talent, a keen mind or a gifted specialist-this is essential to the life of a country. To play this role in our lives a city must have a soul-a university, a great art or music school, a cathedral or a great mosque or temple, a great laboratory or scientific center, as well as the libraries and museums and galleries that bring past and present together. A city must be a place where groups of women and men are seeking and developing the highest things they know.
To every soul you encounter, be a mirror, which reflects only their beauty.
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 what we encounter.
Slenderman can invoke memory loss in all but the most resolute - you could have already had a Slenderman encounter and not remember it.
Too often, we decide to follow a path that is not really our own, one that others have set for us. We forget that. . . in both cases we will pass through both difficult and happy moments. But when we are living our dream, the difficulties we encounter make sense.
As you explore your inner world, your outer world will come more sharply into focus. As you face your imagined barriers, you will encounter real ones, as well.