Quotes by Encounters When you crash into the living God, the encounter is certain to renovate every square inch of your life's boat. Eric Ludy boat encounters squares You reach a point in life where you realize that you might as well do what you need to do, because your being loved or not being loved is really a function of the people you encounter and not of yourself. That is an immensely liberating insight. Erica Jong confidence encounters people Whenever we encounter a human being in such a way that we feel absolutely certain of the infinity of that person's worth and the eternity of his or her life, that is Easter. Eugen Drewermann encounters easter way There's no way that I know of to avoid pain absolutely, but suffering is the interpretation we choose to place on the pain we encounter. Florynce Kennedy encounters pain suffering Luther deters me from solitariness; but he does not mean from a sober solitude that rallies our scattered strengths and prepares us against any new encounter from without. Francis Atterbury encounters solitude mean Religion doesn't start with a set of laws or rules and it doesn't start with a set of ideas. It starts with an encounter, with the living God and in our case, Christ risen from the dead. In that encounter you meet someone you can trust. That's faith: trust in truth. Francis George encounters law ideas Doesn't every encounter with God only cause us to thirst for Him more? Francis Chan thirst encounters causes It is ourselves we encounter whenever we invent fictions. Frank Kermode encounters fiction Anything outside yourself, this you can see and apply your logic to it. But it's a human trait that when we encounter personal problems, these things most deeply personal are the most difficult to bring out for our logic to scan. We tend to flounder around, blaming everything but the actual, deep-seated thing that's really chewing on us. Frank Herbert blame logic encounters However, I had a chance encounter with an admissions officer of Stevens Institute of Technology, who so impressed me by his erudition and enthusiasm for the school that I changed course and entered Stevens Institute. Frederick Reines encounters technology school I may be mistaken but it seems to me that a man may be judged by his laugh, and that if at first encounter you like the laugh of a person completely unknown to you, you may say with assurance that he is good. Fyodor Dostoevsky encounters laughing men When confronted with a clear definition of what it is to be Mexican, we encounter ourselves in a never ending allegory of mixes and chaos. Gael Garcia Bernal encounters mexican definitions To live every day as if it had been stolen from death, that is how I would like to live. To feel the joy of life, as Eve felt the joy of life. To separate oneself from the burden, the angst, the anguish that we all encounter every day. To say I am alive, I am wonderful, I am. I am. That is something to aspire to. Garth Stein encounters joy life A certain type of person strives to become a master over all, and to extend his force, his will to power, and to subdue all that resists it. But he encounters the power of others, and comes to an arrangement, a union, with those that are like him: thus they work together to serve the will to power. And the process goes on. Friedrich Nietzsche encounters political working-together You cannot, and will not, encounter Gary Zukav single-mom encounters soul Whenever a man encounters a woman in a mood he doesn't understand, he wants to know if she's tired. George Jean Nathan encounters tired men He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage - he won't encounter many rivals. Georg C. Lichtenberg rivals encounters love Soil is an almost magical substance, a living system that transforms the materials it encounters. George Monbiot soil encounters substance we can search for and attain to only one being, that one which was given us, which is within us and which awaits its birth from ourselves. Each day I feel that I leave myself a little more, the better to go toward my encounter with myself. Georgette Leblanc encounters each-day littles The nature of encounter operations required of the commanders limitless initiative and constant readiness to take the responsibility for military actions. Georgy Zhukov encounters military responsibility «23456789101112»