Quotes About Encounter

Isn't it true that it's not people who meet, but rather the shadows cast by their imaginations?

Gods suppressed become devils, and often it is these devils whom we first encounter when we turn inward.

When a dog runs at you, whistle for him.

A crisis is a close encounter of the third kind.

Creation happens to us, burns into us, changes us, we tremble and swoon, we submit. Creation - we participate in it, we encounter the creator, offer ourselves to him, helpers and companions.

Burt Reynolds once asked me out. I was in his room.

When you run in places you visit, you encounter things you'd never see otherwise.

don't you think between here and now we will see each other once or twice?

Books have a way of finding their way into our lives, usually, right when we need them the most.

On the way home, I saw a fist fight between an adverb and a pair of parentheses.I kept on walking.

Do you think we find Jesus, or does He find us?

While General Humberto Mariles of Mexico was winning the gold medal in show jumping on Arete, I snuck into the enclosure at the base of the Olympic flame tower in Wembly Stadium to do what little boys do. A horrified English bobby, helmet and all, chased me over the fence, calling me a "horrid little boy." He did not know how right he was.

Yes, I had known him all my life - and then we met.

Do you happen to remember me, young man?' asked the archbishop kindly, surprisingly speaking in French instead of Latin. 'No, Monseigneur, I cannot honestly say that I do,' replied Arn with embarrassment, looking at the ground.

Julian of Norwich said as she suffered a devastating illness of her own: 'All shall be well and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well.' You may know that during her suffering she had gazed into the face of God, and out of that mighty encounter this truth was rendered for you, for all of us, for all time...

There's someone out there who needs you. You must live your life so that person can find you.

We met a gentleman in a buggy, who, on minute examination, turned out to be Dr. Hall—and Dr. Hall in such very deep mourning that either his mother, his wife, or himself must be dead.

A traveller with an open mind grows richer with each journey, with each encounter, with each conversation.

Three mongooses, playing chase, burst out of the undergrowth and came galumphing across the track. The leader stopped and the other two bounced on him. There was a crazy bundle of squealing fur, ears, noses and tails. The mongooses broke apart. All three stood up on hind legs to look at us.

All of a sudden there was a scampering sound. A small furry hand grabbed my food. The hand had fingernails just like mine, and they were just as dirty. The monkey-thief was fast. He didn't even look back as he shot back up the tree to enjoy my lunch. Another rhesus monkey reached into my day-sack, and cantered away awkwardly with a bigger prize.

The opportunity for brotherhood presents itself every time you meet a human being.

Kagan's law of first contact,'You'll surprise you more than they will.

takes a moment to change everything. Savannah glanced at Jane, then smiled at Hunter. "I see you found my car." "It's just the hot rod

With the rise of chiefdoms around 7,500 years ago, people had to learn, for the first time in history, how to encounter strangers regularly without attempting to kill them.