WE ARE MOVED BY BEAUTIFUL ENCOUNTERS
I relate to happiness as an ecstatic moment - something you don't create, you encounter.
– Yoko Ono
I don't believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents.
– Pablo Picasso
My ambition is to have beautiful encounters, not to make money.
– Juliette Binoche
When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.
– Saint Francis de Sales
Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.
– John Milton
The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.
– Christopher McCandless
It is the lives we encounter that make life worth living.
– Guy de Maupassant
In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
– Albert Schweitzer
Our rational minds often attempt to minimise or negate the mystical encounters. We forget the power of our experiences. We must embrace the reality of that event, which is a miracle.
– Brian Weiss
I think all art is about control - the encounter between control and the uncontrollable.
– Richard Avedon
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PHOTO CREDITS:
- Photo: by Bill Walsh. Kids and Jellyfish.
- Photo: by Bill Gracey. Hippo Encounter.
- Photo: by Aris Sánchez. “Unconditional Love.”
- Photo: Courtesy of University of Denver. “Mountain Climbers.”
- Photo: Courtesy of digital internet. Meeting over Coffee.
- Photo: by Thowra_UK. Two horses meeting for the first time.
- Photo: by Angelo DeSantis. Polar Bear at the S’pore Zoo
- Photo: by Chris Zielecki. Encounter.
- Photo: by Rod Waddington. “Greeting a Friend.”
- Photo: by Sergiu Bacioiu. “Sunset Silhouette Explored.”
- Photo: by Ben Grey. “Free Hugs.”