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Encounters Quotes - Page 10

Science requires an engagement with the world, a live encounter between the knower and the known.

Parker J. Palmer (2012). “The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life”, p.55, John Wiley & Sons

To exist without purpose is to be at the mercy of the chance encounter, the chance invitation, the chance phone call, the chance event- always being controlled by forces external to oneself.

Nathaniel Branden (1998). “Nathaniel Brandens Self-Esteem Every Day: Reflections on Self-Esteem and Spirituality”, p.221, Simon and Schuster

Love is an active construction, and choice, not just an encounter that happens by chance.

"True Lovers are as Rare as True Rebels". The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. October 24, 2013.