Quotes by Encounters Imagine that someone said or did something cruel to you, but that you did not react in any way whatsoever – you did not become upset, resentful or even ruffled. You simply observed that this person was saying or doing something cruel, as though you were calmly observing the scene in a movie. You simply would not be stressed by what would appear to others to be a highly stressful encounter. Stress and cruelty affect us as profoundly as they do only because we react to them resentfully. Roy Masters upsetencountersstress I've always been relatively reserved with my social encounters. Ryan Kwanten reservedencounterssocial Many of the unexpected opportunities we encounter are small but significant. S. Truett Cathy encountersunexpectedopportunity When the ending finally comes to me, I often have to backtrack and make the beginning point towards that ending. Other times, I know exactly what the ending will be before I begin, like with the story "A Brief Encounter With the Enemy." It was all about the ending - that's what motivated me. Said Sayrafiezadeh encountersstoriesenemy When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time. Saint Francis de Sales encountersencouragementtrying Laila Lalami has fashioned an absorbing story of one of the first encounters between Spanish conquistadores and Native Americans, a frightening, brutal, and much-falsified history that here, in her brilliantly imagined fiction, is rewritten to give us something that feels very like the truth. Salman Rushdie encountersnative-americangiving A smile from an attractive woman at a bar very rarely ends up in any sort of sexual encounter. But a man is a fool not to push the suggestion as far as it will go, and he's that man. Scarlett Johansson suggestionsencountersmen Trump says things others so desperately want to say to people that work, to people wherever they encounter them. Trump says it. Trump carries a banner of this stuff for people. He says and acts in ways that they do in private, but can't get away with in public. But Trump is. It makes him a hero to these people. Rush Limbaugh encountersheropeople Angels, inasmuch as they come from the Throne Room of the Thrice-holy God, usher us into the presence of God once removed and such encounters with God are more powerful and overwhelming than ordinary moments with God. Scot McKnight encounterspowerfulangel In an age of synthetic images and synthetic emotions, the chances of an accidental encounter with reality are remote indeed. Serge Daney encountersagereality While others are engaged in inferior and menial tasks in which they encounter many difficulties, how can I sit here at peace and do nothing? I must and shall benefit them, but without ever succumbing to the poison of self-importance. Shantideva buddhistencountersself When you have police officers like Office Encinia who is a trained professional, who is trained to de-escalate a situation where a motorist may not be in the best of moods because of an encounter that they're having with you, you are trained to respond differently. Sharon Cooper encounterspoliceoffice Does virtual intimacy degrade our experience of the other kind and, indeed, of all encounters, of any kind? Sherry Turkle encounterskinddoe You were overwhelmed by my desire? What planet are you from? (Geary to Arik) Moronia. Every full moon they teleport the Morons to earth and let them loose. Consider this your first encounter. (Solin) Sherrilyn Kenyon encountersmoondesire There are actually only ever two pastoral problems you will ever encounter. The first is this: persuading those who are under the dominion of sin that they are under the dominion of sin. That's the task of evangelism. And [second], persuading those who are no longer under the dominion of sin that they are no longer under the dominion of sin because they're Christ's. Sinclair B. Ferguson encounterstaskstwo The truly still mind, with which you were born, is the mind that moves freely. Without ignoring anything, it reacts wholeheartedly to everything it encounters, to everything on which it reflects. And yet, for all that, it is the mind that is never seized by anything, but is always ready to react on the spot to whatever it encounters next. The mind that is still is the mind that never forfeits its freedom and is able to constantly keep rolling androlling and rolling. Soko Morinaga encountersmindmoving I always notice the dysfunctional dynamic of human relationships because most places where you encounter it, people are trying to pretend it isnt happening. Sophie Hannah encounterstryingpeople Only those faults which we encounter in ourselves are insufferable to us in others. Sophie Swetchine insufferableencountersfaults Only those faults which we encounter in ourselves are insufferable to us in others. Sophie Swetchine insufferableencountersfaults Individuals approaching death often experience encounters with their dead relatives, who seem to welcome them to the next world. These deathbed visions are authentic and convincing; they are often followed by a state of euphoria and seem to ease the transition. Stanislav Grof encounterstransitionvision«1415161718192021222324»
