Quotes About Presence

William sits opposite her, drinking water from a Murray's glass with a trace of lipstick on the rim. His fingers hold the glass, his other hand lies on the table, his neck comes out of his shirt collar, which is light green, and on top of that is his head. His eyes are blue and he has two of them. This is the sum total of William in the present tense.

What would that be like - to long, to yearn for someone who is right there before your eyes, day in and day out?

Me estiro, pues, dentro de la habitación, bajo el ojo de escayola del techo, detrás de las cortinas blancas, entre las sábanas, y me deslizo dentro de mi propio tiempo, abandonando el ritmo que nos marcan. Aunque esto también forma parte del ritmo, y yo no estoy fuera de él.

You can see it in her eyes: I am not there. But she exists, in her white dress. She grows and lives. Isn't that a good thing? A blessing? Still, I can't bear it, to have been erased like that.

She looks at you as if she really sees you." So many people had looked past me. "I think I'd like that," I said. "No," said Becka. "That's why she's so scary.

My very presence as an Asian American woman talking about race and sexuality is a political statement.

Scarlett knew the effort this involved both mentally and physically, for Melanie suffered torments of shyness in the presence of anything male.

without knowing why, she found it comforting to be in his presence.

The most valuable commodity of the 21st century will be undivided attention.

The question concerning technology is the question concerning the constellation in which revealing and concealing, in which the coming to presence of truth, comes to pass

There are managers so preoccupied with their e-mail messages that they never look up from their screens to see what's happening in the nondigital world

We wanted technology to go away and for us to experience what it gives us, in a direct link, without any interface

Whereas with us - what you hear is what's happening right then and there on the stage - so we don't need no stinking technology.

Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts.

The best way to dwell in the presence of the Lord is to be a thankful person.

Walk together. Feel the heart beats. Experience the presence. This is how to be thankful.

This moment is full of miracles.

I'm thankful for every moment.

In the moments we are awake to the wonder of simply being alive, gratitude flows, no matter our circumstances.

May I so boldly suggest that this Thanksgiving, we focus on one-on-one conversations, instead of broadcasting our lives to the masses.

To be a presence of perpetual thanksgiving may be the ultimate goal of life. The thankful person is the one for whom life is simply one long exercise in the sacred.

One of the best ways to practice the presence of the Lord is to thank Him all the time.

We rarely think of the air we breathe, yet it is in us and around us all the time. In similar fashion, the presence of God penetrates us, is all around us, is always embracing us.

It is indeed a radical act of love just to sit down and be quiet for a time by yourself.