Quotes About Presence

This emphasis on the situation was particularly important in order to show that what was central for Socrates was not a fixed point but an ubique et nusquam . It was needed in order to point up the Socratic sensibility which under the subtlest and weakest contact immediately discerned the presence of the Idea, immediately felt the electricity pervading the whole existence.

The unhappy person is one who has his ideal, the content of his life, the fullness of his consciousness, the essence of his being, in some manner outside of himself. The unhappy man is always absent from himself, never present to himself. But one can be absent, obviously, either in the past or in the future. This adequately circumscribes the entire territory of the unhappy consciousness.

Only some one who knows how to remain essentially silent can really talk -- and act essentially

Only the Eternal is always appropriate and always present, is always true. Only the Eternal applies to each human being

We tend not to notice what is not there when often absence is the more vital thing.

Most of what matters in your life takes place in your absence.

A maior parte das coisas que importam na nossa vida acontece na nossa ausência.

Five mysteries hold the keys to the unseen: the act of love, and the birth of a baby, and the contemplation of great art, and being in the presence of death or disaster, and hearing the human voice lifted in song. These are the occasions when the bolts of the universe fly open and we are given a glimpse of what is hidden; an eff of the ineffable.

Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence:

The principal enemy of mindfulness—or of any meditative practice—is our deeply conditioned habit of being distracted by thoughts. The problem is not thoughts themselves but the state of thinking without knowing that we are thinking.

If you're constantly ruminating about what you just did- or what you should have done- or what you would have done if you only had the chance, you will miss your life. Ok, you will fail to connect with it. You will fail to connect with other people.

Dzogchen masters.

Most people who believe they are meditating are merely thinking with their eyes closed. By practicing mindfulness, however, one can awaken from the dream of discursive thought and begin to see each arising image, idea, or bit of language vanish without a trace. What remains is consciousness itself, with its attendant sights, sounds, sensations, and thoughts appearing and changing in every moment.

looking for a path back to the present:

My family was always present when I needed them and sometimes felt even stronger emotions than me.

someone like Grace. Someone exactly like Grace, with her Ted Bundy rantsand her calming presence and—hello, irony.

It's you and me, and all you have to do is breathe. I'm going to take care of everything else.

Outlier are those who have been given opportunities-- -and who have had the strength and presence of mind to seize them.

As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

Do not be afraid, for I am with you. Do not turn away, for I am your God. I have strengthened you, and I have assisted you, and the right hand of my just one has upheld you.

I appreciate all my fans, on all occasions, everyday of my life. Its your presence & your loyalty that has given me great strength

Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.

I'm confident that there are plenty of people who have the strength of character and the presence of mind to warn me of difficulties and alert me to opportunities.

I'm hoping my presence alone in Russia will be a show of strength for the Russian LGBT community.