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Synonyms: touch, feel, sense of touch, tactile sense, tactility, contact, using one's hands, sensation, sense, suspicion, sneaking suspicion, notion, inkling, hunch, fancy, apprehension, presentiment, premonition, foreboding, love, care, affection, fondness, tenderness, warmth, warmness, emotion, sentiment, emotional state, compassion, sympathy, empathy, fellow feeling, understanding, concern, solicitude, solicitousness, tender-heartedness, brotherly love, sensibilities, sensitivities, self-esteem, ego, pride, opinion, belief, view, impression, intuition, instinct, estimation, guess, theory, hypothesis, thought, way of thinking, point of view, atmosphere, ambience, aura, air, mood, climate, character, overtone, undertone, tenor, spirit, quality, flavour, colour, aptitude, knack, flair, bent, talent, gift, skill, art, trick, faculty, ability, propensity, inclination, sensitive, warm, warm-hearted, tender, tender-hearted, caring, soft-hearted, sympathetic, compassionate, empathetic, responsive, receptive, intuitive, thoughtful

Antonyms: bad feeling, acrimony, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bitterness, detestation, disgust, dislike, disrelish, enmity, friction, grievances, grudges, hatred, hostility, loathing, malevolence, malice

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It's a pleasure to share one's memories. Everything remembered is dear, endearing, touching, precious. At least the past is safe-though we didn't know it at the time. We know it now. Because it's in the past; because we have survived.

Susan Sontag

History does not merely touch on language, but takes place in it.

Theodor Adorno

And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns.

Thomas Moore

There are some people who have the quality of richness and joy in them and they communicate it to everything they touch. It is first of all a physical quality then it is a quality of the spirit.

Tom Wolfe

Tell a man there are 300 Billion stars in the universe and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint on it and he'll have to touch to be sure.

Unknown Author

We clearly realize that freedom's inner kingdom cannot be touched by exterior attacks.

Vernon Howard

The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment.

Warren G. Bennis

Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents the chill touch and relentless scrutiny of logic.

William E. Gladstone

One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.

William Shakespeare

When you come into the presence of a leader of men, you know that you have come into the presence of fire - that it is best not uncautiously to touch that man - that there is something that makes it dangerous to cross him.

Woodrow Wilson

Reality is the leading cause of stress among those who are in touch with reality.

C. Everett Koop

There are seasons when all that we touch turns to gold. There are seasons when the next step in our lives is so clear and so close we would seem foolish not to take it. There are those moments in life when God is in Gods heaven and all is right with the world. But such times do not last forever. In truth, seasons of loss, helplessness, and waiting come to all our lives.

Dr. Cleophus LaRue

4488. OK Boomer

Matthew 21:28-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... around the house announcing, “I am not that I am not!” (1) “I am not that I am not!” Do you know any four‑year‑olds with that same contrary nature? Former competitive swimmer and nine-time Olympic champion Mark Spitz might have had a touch of that stubbornness. Spitz, you may remember, won seven gold medals at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, all in world record time. This was an achievement that lasted for 36 years until it was surpassed by Michael Phelps, who won eight gold medals at the ...

4489. A Wordless God

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The story is told that after Helen Keller's teacher, Anne Sullivan, had given her the names of physical objects in sign language, Miss Sullivan attempted to explain God and tapped out the symbols for the name "God." Much to Miss Sullivan's surprise, Helen spelled back, "Thank you for telling me God's name, Teacher, for he has touched me many times before." Helen Keller knew something of God's signature from nature, but it was wordless.

4490. The First and Last Things

Luke 23:26-43

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Brett Blair

... ; who is the end, who is the meaning. He is the only King. . . . It was as if he had been groping all this time in the darkness, thinking himself alone amidst rocks and pitfalls and pitiless things, and suddenly a hand, a firm strong hand, had touched his own. And a voice within him bade him be of good courage. . . . God was beside him and within him and about him." Note: Wells, through the Britling Character, draws more a picture of a finite God rather than an Omnipotent Being, saying, "After all, the ...

4491. Your Wake-up Call

Philippians 3:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... probably know, the Navy SEALs are an elite special operations force. Their training is so rigorous, and their missions are so demanding, that only a tiny number of people who apply for SEAL training ever complete it. Chad’s father put him in touch with an active Navy SEAL, Scott Helvenston, who began mentoring him. In 2004, just before Chad entered the SEAL training program, Scott, his mentor, was captured in Fallujah, Iraq. He and three other SEALs were murdered, and their bodies were hung from a bridge ...

4492. Dealing with Grief

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon

King Duncan

... can grieve but with the hope of eternal life with God. And it is the life God made us for. Life as it was meant to be, without crying or tears or mourning or pain. Comedian Stephen Colbert, host of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, gave a touching tribute to his mother, Lorna, when she passed away. He said that in the days before her death, his mother became confused about many things. Colbert and his siblings tried to get her to talk about her favorite things, like her favorite color or her favorite song ...

4493. Don't Forget the Best!

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... morning an American shook him awake, shouting into his ears. “The Scotsman wants to see you—it’s terribly important.” MacDonald says that he ran over to the barbed wire fence which separated the British and the American camps, where MacNeil, who was in touch with the BBC by underground radio, was waiting for him. He spoke two words in Gaelic— “They have come!” MacDonald then ran back to the American camp and began waking up the soldiers. He said again and again, “They have come! They have ...

4494. Rule of Love

Matthew 22:34-46

Sermon

Albert G. Butzer III

... , not about figuring out how to avoid stepping on cracks in the legal sidewalk.”6 Because Jesus understood the law to be love-based rather than rules-based, he did all sorts of things throughout his ministry that seemingly broke the rules: He reached out and touched a leper, even though the rules said, “Keep away from people like that.” He healed on the Sabbath day, even though the rules prevented it. “The Sabbath was made for us,” he said, “not us for the Sabbath.” He ate and drank with tax ...

4495. A Nice Size Family

Humor

Two men began to talk about world problems, high taxes, the cost of living, and finally, their families. "I have three boys," one of them said proudly. "That's a nice family," sighed the other man. "I wish to heaven I had three children." "Don't you have any children?" the proud father asked with a touch of sympathy in his voice. "Oh, yes," sighed the second man, "I have six."

4496. Resisting Progress

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According to historians, when the newfangled invention of electric lights were first installed in the White House, President and Mrs. Benjamin Harrison were so intimidated by the power of electricity they didn't dare touch the light switches. If there were no servants around to turn off the lights when the Harrisons went to bed, they slept with them on. And, if the lights were off, they stayed off until one of the staff turned them back on.

4497. Choosing to Be Grateful

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

Albert G. Butzer III

... trees and our two strong anchors with which we rode out the storm; Grateful for a seaworthy boat, which got us safely up and down the Bay; Grateful for smart phones that kept us up to date with the latest weather and allowed us to stay in touch with our kids; Grateful for good food and wine, which warmed our hearts and gladdened our spirits even when we were wet and cold; Grateful for the bald eagle we spotted one afternoon, soaring majestically above the trees and then feasting on a large fish that had ...

4498. A Quantum Decision

Mark 1:4-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... give much thought to it. But we ought to regard it as the most significant moment in our life. Ideally, we should carry with us at all times the consciousness that we are a baptized person. [In fact, I would like every baptized person in the room to touch your forehead and declare aloud, “I have been baptized!”] And that baptism should make a difference in everything we do. There’s a story that comes from the days of the old west about a little girl who lived in a small town on the prairies of north ...

4499. The Museum of Failed Products

Genesis 9:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... a few moments, “The Museum of Failed Products.” The museum looks like a standard supermarket inside. However, all the items on the shelves are products that were taken off the market because nobody bought them. I wonder why? Wouldn’t you want to buy Clairol’s Touch of Yogurt shampoo? Sounds yummy. Or Gillette’s “For Oily Hair Only” shampoo? Sounds like a great product. Or Pepsi’s AM Breakfast Cola, that was supposed to compete with coffee as a morning pick-me-up. And why didn’t we all get ...

4500. Sword of Truth

Luke 2:22-40 · Hebrews 4:12

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... discover –that it can hurt deeply to love.But to love is the only way truly to live. To love as a mother loves her child, or as Jesus loves us, to open one’s self to another, to make oneself vulnerable in ways that allow another human being to touch your heart and soul, can also open you to exquisite and unfathomable pain. But to hurt greatly is to love greatly. Life itself in this sense is a double-edged sword. We need to risk pain if we want to experience true love. For love is a high-risk activity ...

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Susan Sontag

History does not merely touch on language, but takes place in it.

Theodor Adorno

And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns.

Thomas Moore

There are some people who have the quality of richness and joy in them and they communicate it to everything they touch. It is first of all a physical quality then it is a quality of the spirit.

Tom Wolfe

Tell a man there are 300 Billion stars in the universe and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint on it and he'll have to touch to be sure.

Unknown Author

We clearly realize that freedom's inner kingdom cannot be touched by exterior attacks.

Vernon Howard

The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment.

Warren G. Bennis

Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents the chill touch and relentless scrutiny of logic.

William E. Gladstone

One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.

William Shakespeare

Woodrow Wilson

Reality is the leading cause of stress among those who are in touch with reality.

C. Everett Koop

Dr. Cleophus LaRue

4488. OK Boomer

Matthew 21:28-32

Sermon

King Duncan

4489. A Wordless God