Quotes by Encounters The things I encounter that I call elves or gnomes, it's just a gloss. I mean, they're small, and they have the archetype. They're more like leprechauns, and this maybe raises a racial issue. Terence McKenna encountersissuesmean The novels we read allow us to encounter possible persons, visions of ourselves that we would never see, never permit ourselves to become, in places we can never go and might not care to, while assuring that we get to return home again. Thomas C Foster encountersvisionhome Rather than set aside daily time for prayer, I pray constantly and spontaneously about everything I encounter on a daily basis. When someone shares something with me, I'll often simply say, 'Let's pray about this right now. Thomas Kinkade encountersartistprayer True encounter with Christ liberates something in us, a power we did not know we had, a hope, a capacity for life, a resilience, an ability to bounce back when we thought we were completely defeated, a capacity to grow and change, a power of creative transformation. Thomas Merton encountersspiritualchrist A human encounter with holiness is devastating. It refuses to allow us to be impressed with the things of the world we’ve been chasing. It refuses to allow us to remain comfortable in our sin. It refuses to allow us to remain on the throne of our lives. And it leads us to a relationship with the only One who can perfectly love us, who can forgive all our sins, and who can make us into His likeness. Our encounter with His holiness is our devastation. And our devastation is our salvation. Todd Agnew thronesencountersforgiving Muslim immigrants like himself encounter prejudice here [in U.S.] but also find political and religious freedom. Tom Gjelten encounterspoliticalreligious Prayer is continuing a conversation that God has started through his Word and his grace, which eventually becomes a full encounter with him. Timothy Keller encountersgraceprayer Meg was going to have to learn for herself what Laurie had figured out over the summer - that it was better to leave well enough alone, to avoid unnecessary encounters with the people you'd left behind, to not keep poking at that sore tooth with the tip of your tongue. Not because you didn't love them anymore, but because you did, and because that love was useless now, just another dull ache in your phantom limb. Tom Perrotta encounterssummerpeople Prayer is both conversation and encounter with God. Timothy Keller encountersprayerconversation Idiot. Above her head was the only stable point in the cosmos, the only refuge from the damnation of the panta rei, and she guessed it was the Pendulum's business. A moment later the couple went off -- he, trained on some textbook that had blunted his capacity for wonder, she, inert and insensitive to the thrill of the infinite, both oblivious of the awesomeness of their encounter -- their first and last encounter -- with the One, the Ein-Sof, the Ineffable. How could you fail to kneel down before this altar of certitude? Umberto Eco damnationencounterscouple When you encounter sophistication in the creation of a female character, you thank the writers and you claim it. Vera Farmiga encountersfemalecharacter It's not often real that you encounter the real person behind a good-natured mask, the darkest part of someone. It's not comfortable what you do. Veronica Roth maskencountersreal In life, we will always encounter difficult people. Don't allow them to frustrate you or steal your joy. Victoria Osteen encountersjoypeople It is here that we encounter the central theme of existentialism: to live is to suffer, to survive is to find meaning in the suffering. Viktor E. Frankl existentialismencounterssuffering Thus, human existence-at least as long as it has not been neurotically distorted-is always directed to something, or someone, other than itself, be it a meaning to fulfill or another human being to encounter lovingly. Viktor E. Frankl encountersexistentiallong I haven't had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God. Vin Diesel encountersthanksgivingthank-god There is nothing good that does not meet with opposition, and it should not be valued any less because it encounters objections. Vincent de Paul encounterswisdomdoe Whoever lives sincerely and encounters much trouble and disappointment without being bowed down is worth more than one who has always sailed before the wind and has only known prosperity. Vincent Van Gogh encountersdisappointmentwind All men are by nature free; you have therefore an undoubted liberty to depart whenever you please, but will have many and great difficulties to encounter in passing the frontiers. Voltaire encounterslibertymen How well I remember my first encounter with The Devil'ss Brew. I happened to stumble across a case of bourbon - and went right on stumbling for several days thereafter. W. C. Fields encountersdevilbeer«1415161718192021222324»
