Quotes About Presence

The difference between a theatre with and without an audience is enormous. There is a palpable, critical energy created by the presence of the audience.

I felt the unmistakable certainty that I had been in the presence of great art, and that my heart had opened in reply.

Most people assume that meditation is all about stopping thoughts, getting rid of emotions, somehow controlling the mind. But actually it's … about stepping back, seeing the thought clearly, witnessing it coming and going.

Angels around us, angels beside us, angels within us. Angels are watching over you when times are good or stressed. Their wings wrap gently around you, whispering you are loved and blessed.

Do you not feel', said the Doctor in his very soft but still crisp-edged voice, 'that invisible presences have more reality than visible ones? They exert more influence upon us. They make us cry more easily.

She goes out at night more often now; the landscape assembles itself about her, she informs it with her presence. She is its significance.

He grudgingly admitted what she had already guessed, that he disliked the presence of servants because, she thought, a constant human presence would remind him too bitterly of his otherness [...]

Do you not feel... that invisible presences have more reality than visible ones? They exert more influence upon us. They make us cry more easily.

to heaven, He is there, and if I make my bed in the grave, He is there, too. If I take the wings of the dawn and settle on the other side of the sea, even there His hand will lead me, and His right hand will lay hold of me.'" The words of the psalm

At this moment the headmaster found Master Wesendonck's tall pile of books slipping from his grasp. He juggled frantically with them for a moment and then, to the infinite joy of the boarders and day boys, they crashed to the ground in all directions. A bevy of form masters rushed forward to the rescue. Master Wesendonck, realising with immense presence of mind that his natural enemies were for once in their proper place, grovelling on the floor, stood still and did nothing.

Four Rules For Life: Show up. Pay attention. Tell the truth. Don't be attached to the results.

Qué queda de la vida si ya no dejamos que las cosas nos lleguen de cerca?

Cara, we must not wait to live the life we want. Find a way to be present with the people you love.

She said, Don't worry about me. I've done everything I've ever wanted to do. Cara, we must not wait to live the life we want. Find a way to be present with the people you love.

Springtimes have needed you. And there are stars expecting you to notice them.

But there comes a time when books let you down. Surely that time had not arrived? But in comparison with a living presence there is no contest.

All relationships have one law : Never make the one you love feel alone, especially when your there.

Here in the midst of the vortex I am amazed by the special aid of God, the very special graces He grants us in such perils, and how His Presence is now more intimately felt when discouragement comes to make our souls smaller.

Have you ever wondered how someone can light up a room?

Zen is not interested in high-flown statements; it wants its pupil to bite his apple and not discuss it.

It's not about having things figured out, or about communicating with other people, trying to make them understand what you understand. It's about a chicken dinner at a drive-in. A soft pillow. Things that don't need explaining.

It's not about having things figured out, or about communicating with other people, trying to make them understand what you understand. It's about a chicken dinner at a drive-in. A soft pillow. Things that don't need explaining.

you remember what is lost, and you forget what's right in front of you.

Not when Martha was there. She was always