Quotes About Presence

All the suffering, stress, and addiction comes from not realizing you already are what you are looking for.

The Lord doesn't always remove the sources of stress in our lives...but He's always there and cares for us. We can feel His arms around us on the darkest night.

I cannot stress enough that the answer to a lot of your life's questions is often in someone else's face. Try putting your iPhones down every once in a while and look at people's faces.

Stress is caused by being 'here' but wanting to be 'there'.

Being anxious, or in a painful rush of any kind, kills the possibility of meeting anyone with compassion

You can be effective in this world without stress.

I try to stay calm and I try to enjoy myself as I perform these actions so I perform them with minimal stress on my body.

Even in a moment of stress, you can say, "OK, can I enjoy the doing itself? Can I enjoy the flow of energy of this moment?" And of course you can!

Learning presence is a stress buster.

Inhale, and God approaches you. Hold the inhalation, and God remains with you. Exhale, and you approach God. Hold the exhalation, and surrender to God.

To fly as fast as thought, to anywhere that is, you must begin by knowing that you have already arrived.

The secret of success is… to be fully awake to everything about you.

There are two types of people. Those we who come into a room and say, "Well, here I am!" and those who come in and say, "Ah, there you are."

In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.

His authority on earth allows us to dare to go to all the nations. His authority in heaven gives us our only hope of success. And His presence with us leaves us with no other choice.

I can tell you from experience that God's help and presence in our lives is vital. He is the Author of all true success and everything that is good-without Him, we can do nothing of true value.

When Doing becomes infused with the timeless quality of being, that is success

Being in the moment means not being distracted by the melodrama and hysteria around you. Present-moment awareness allows solutions to emerge.

Monsieur Man-in-a-hurry, you can find me without running—ME, you understand?

Oh ! madame, si vous êtes si instamment attendue, permettez-moi de m'éloigner, car il me serait impossible de vous parler en ce moment. Je suis incapable de rassembler deux idées ; votre vue m'a ébloui. Je ne pense plus, j'admire.

they were so happy that they were conscious only of the sunshine and the presence of each other.

Excitement, like enthusiasm, sometimes renders us unconscious to the things of earth.

Then two dark figures appeared. One of them, tall, majestic, stern, sat down near the table on which Van Baerle had placed the taper.

Les gens que nous avons aimé ne seront plus jamais où ils étaient, mais ils sont partout où nous sommes.