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Letter "E" » encounter
«When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both.»
Author: Al Franken
(Activist, Comedian, Lecturer, Writer)
| Keywords:
contradicts, encounter, seemingly
«We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, before a word has been spoken.»
Author: Fydor Dostoevsky
| About:
People,
Relationships
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all at once, at first, at first sight, at once, Begin, encounter, has-been, interest, once before, on sight, People Like Us, perfect, sight, sighting, somehow, spoken, Strangers, suddenly, word
«When we come into the present, we begin to feel the life around us again, but we also encounter whatever we have been avoiding. We must have the courage to face whatever is present / our pain, our desires, our grief, our loss, our secret hopes our love / everything that moves us most deeply.»
«You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.»
«When we encounter a natural style we are always surprised and delighted, for we thought to see an author and found a man»
Author: Blaise Pascal
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Physicist)
| Keywords:
delighted, encounter, surprised
«Whenever we encounter the Infinite in man, however imperfectly understood, we treat it with respect. Whether in the synagogue, the mosque, the pagoda, or the wigwam, there is a hideous aspect which we execrate and a sublime aspect which we venerate. So great a subject for spiritual contemplation, such measureless dreaming -- the echo of God on the human wall!»
Author: Victor Hugo
(Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
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encounter, execrate, hideous, imperfectly, measureless, mosque, mosques, pagoda, venerate, venerated, wigwam
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