If you learn "indoor" techniques, you will think narrowly and forget the true Way. Thus you will have difficulty in actual encounters. Miyamoto Musashi
The best standardisation committee in the world is nature herself, but in nature standardisation occurs mainly in connection with the smallest possible units: cells. The result is millions of flexible combinations in which one never encounters the stereotyped. Alvar Aalto
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck. Charles Caleb Colton
May waters drench peasants and lords or gentlemen, as many of them as it encounters. Sicilian Proverb
Brief encounters can result in long relationships. Cuban Proverb
Everyone encounters tribbles occasionally. Klingon Proverb