Quotes About Presence

It was as if the empty nights were made for thinking of him. And sometimes I found myself so vividly aware of him it was as if he had only just left the room and the ring of his voice were still there. And somehow, there was a disturbing comfort in that, and, despite myself, I'd envision his face.

To do that, we first learn to pay attention, to be fully present in each moment and aware of the nuances of life. It takes a while, but every bit of improvement in this skill is a wonderful gift we give ourselves each day. And it's done by relaxing, not by forcing.

Am I to bless the lost you, sitting here with my clumsy soul?

Alone in our place I was a guest.

From the Garden" Come, my beloved, consider the lilies. We are of little faith. We talk too much. Put your mouthful of words away and come with me to watch the lilies open in such a field, growing there like yachts, slowly steering their petals without nurses or clocks. Let us consider the view: a house where white clouds decorate the muddy halls. Oh, put away your good words and your bad words. Spit out your words like stones! Come here! Come here! Come eat my pleasant fruits.

Some ghosts are women. Not angels, but ghosts.

It is not how much you love someone, but who you are when you are with him.

Die Zukunft ist zum Glück meistens nur anwesend // als nächster Augenblick, und dieser Zukunftsaugenblick // erfordert Gegenwart, und zwar des Geistes.

The answer must be, I think, that beauty and grace are performed whether or not we will or sense them. The least we can do is try to be there.

Elle était inhérente à sa présence à lui dans ma vie, qu'il avait transformée en un étrange et continuel palimpseste.

The future hasn't happened yet and the past is gone. So I think the only moment we have is right here and now, and I try to make the best of those moments, the moments that I'm in.

Without grounding, we are unstable; we lose our center, fly off the handle, get swept off our feet, or daydream in a fantasy world.

The Presence of the demon keeps the chakra from doing its job, but that challenge also forces us to bring more awareness to that job, so eventually we can do it better.

When [he] kisses you he isn't doing anything else. You're his whole universe..and the moment is eternal because he doesn't have any plans and isn't going anywhere. Just kissing you...it's overwhelming.

If you worry about what might be, and wonder what might have been, you will ignore what is.

Nick Aldis is a great champion. He looks like a professional athlete. He dresses like one. He carries it well.

The pride and presence of a professional football team is far more important than 30 libraries.

Obviously, we know people aren't as fortunate and blessed as we are. I learned a little bit about the impact we have as professionals, and how we can help, how impactful it is for just your presence.

TV ads let people know you're still around. Not only do they sell albums, they give you a high profile. They let people know you're out there and working.

Both offensively and defensively, the presence that I have is pretty profound.

My dark sound could be heard across a room clearer than somebody with a reedy sound. It had more projection. My sound always seemed to fill a room.

I believe that writing on music is experienced inside your head, is not a physically present in the world, it has a different kind of authority and prominence and you absorb it differently.

After my daughter was born, I made a promise to myself to live in the moment.

By being present and being true, I believe that, in my own way, I am promoting diversity.