Quotes About Presence

Perhaps the most common—and the most important—forms of rapid cognition are the judgments we make and the impressions we form of other people. Every waking minute that we are in the presence of someone, we come up with a constant stream of predictions and inferences about what that person is thinking and feeling

One of the most important things is that you have to come across as being confident in what you are doing, and in who you are. How do you do that? Speak clearly and smile.' As he said that, Nolan Myers smiled. 'For a lot of people, that's a very hard skill to learn, but for some reason, I seem to understand it intuitively.

Everything we have learned in Outliers say that success follows a predictable course. It's not the brightest who succeed; if it were, Chris Langan would be up there with Einstein, nor is success simply the sum of the decisions and efforts we make on our own behalf. It is, rather, a gift: The successful are those who have been given opportunities, and who have had the strength and presence of mind to seize them.

Far too soon it had begun to seem too much of a triumph, it had been too good, too horribly unimaginable to lose, impossible finally to bear: it was as if it had become itself its own foreboding that it could not last, a foreboding that was like a presence too, turning his steps towards the taverns again. And how could one begin all over again, as though the Café Chagrin, the Farolito, had never been?

You must be present to win.

Live in this moment ... for it is the only moment we have!

All that you are is all around you.

Inspiration does not come genetically or automatically. Neither is it continuously present.

When you are focused on what you're doing, you are not going to miss the next opportunity ... it's more likely that you get more!

We often lose ourselves to where we think we should be, rather than celebrate where we already are.

Shine forth your light before all beings.

Like a father with his daughter, the writist plays peek-a-boo with the world. His aim is to evoke that sweet smile, the one that says "i remember you. I am glad you are here again".

The hard part of ReThinking, is most people don't usually do much normal REAL thinking anyway. They live their lives on automatic reaction.

Your volume speaks volumes. Be aware of your dynamics, your tones as well as the loudness and softness of your voice on the phone and in person.

He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man.

Those we love don't go away, they sit beside us every day.

Sweet souls around us watch us still, press nearer to our side; Into our thoughts, into our prayers, with gentle helpings glide.

Our love one's are never gone, they have just popped into another room.

When you need someone To talk to Or just to be with you Remember there is someone close by That someone is me

Emptiness is that which frees us from religiosity and leads us to true spirituality.

When there's a teacher who embodies presence, then it seems to come for a while through that opening. The teacher is an opening to presence.

Remind yourself that you are supported, that you are not going it alone upon this Earth. Dwell in the company of your Non-Physical Teachers and Guides.

What I get on a yoga mat, and from a yoga teacher, has been more beneficial onstage than any other workshop I've ever done.

The greatest teacher has nothing to say. He simply gives himself in service, and never worries.