Quotes About Presence

The position of the palms together- this we use when we pray, do we not? That is a greeting that says that the god that is in you recognises the god in the other. These people are aware of the divine presence in all things.

What is the kingdom [of God]? it lies in our realization of the ubiquity of the divine presence in our neighbors, in our enemies, in all of us.

The more he looked inside the more Piglet wasn't there.

Surely the obscure soul of the dog must be far more susceptible to the vibrations of thought than the human. … Do they not bark because they feel the presence of a dead man?

Always watch where you are going. Otherwise, you may step on a piece of the Forest that was left out by mistake.

Forever isn't long at all, Christopher, as long as I'm with you.

But the most important thing is, even if we're apart, I'll always be with you.

But it's always useful to know where a friend-and-relation is, whether you want him or whether you don't.

Puchatku! - Co, Prosiaczku? - Nic - rzek? Prosiaczek, bior?c Puchatka za ?apk?. - Chcia?em si? tylko upewni?, czy jeste?.

Shake hands, we shall never be friends; give over: I only vex you the more I try. All's wrong that ever I've done and said, And nought to help it in this dull head: Shake hands, goodnight, goodbye. But if you come to a road where danger Or guilt or anguish or shame's to share, Be good to the lad that loves you true And the soul that was born to die for you, And whistle and I'll be there.

Enemy number one was now the disease. It had a presence as solid as that of a person - I think all serious illnesses do.

Where are they now? – The dead are nowhere and everywhere

To look at Him was to go blind. To stand before Him was to die.

The only good is knowledge, Sekhandur. The only evil is ignorance'. 'That is a saying uttered by as many fools as visionaries and an attitude that has led to damnation more than once. The last man to speak those words in my presence doomed our Legion.

He waited, the trail of his words slowly fading away into the rocks and grass and dirt and trees all around them. Nothing

Decisions are made by those who show up

In the total darkness, poetry is still there, and it is there for you.

Is this thing on?

Total nudity is very strongly advised against, even when one is 'alone'. This is because absolute solitude does not exist in a world in which we share existence with the djinns and angels.

Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.

The fact that people were attentive to his body does not compensate for their ignoring his being.

We don't have anything to offer, but we began to realize that we had to offer the very things that have made the physician-patient relationship so hallowed for so many reasons, and that is ourselves, our interest, our presence. It may sound strange to say this, but I think a healing can take place even when the disease is incurable and they go on to die. That's a healing that takes place in both the patient and the physician.

there was never anything healing one could say. One could only be. The best friends in such times were those who had no agenda other than to be present, to offer themselves

I am not obsessing. I am just sitting here perforating this post-it with a push-pin.