Quotes About Presence

According to Zen legend, when a visitor asked the fifteenth-century master Ikkyu to write down a maxim of "the highest wisdom," Ikkyu wrote one word: "Attention." The visitor asked, irritably, "Is that all?" This time, Ikkyu wrote two words: "Attention. Attention.

I will not exorcise you—I'd miss your fragrance, the soft tread of your step on the stair

The author describes a previous Bible study with a lot of turnover as "not so much together as in each other's midst.

Sun of my soul! Thou Saviour dear, It is not night if Thou be near.

Wherever you go—there you are." We take our energy and vibration with us everywhere we go, and not much will change in our life until this does.

Whose heart doth hold the Christmas glow Hath little need of Mistletoe; Who bears a smiling grace of mien Need waste no time on wreaths of green; Whose lips have words of comfort spread Needs not the holly-berries red— His very presence scatters wide The spirit of the Christmastide.

Although I never lack the presence and plain image of my own wretched infirmity, yet seeing sin so manifestly abounds in all estates, I am compelled to thunder out the threatenings of God against the obstinate rebels.

suente n. the state of being so familiar with someone that you can be in a room with them, without thinking, without holding anything back, or without having to say a word-to the extent that you have to remind yourself that they're a different being entirely, that brushing hair away from their eyes won't help you see any better.

The beauty of it is when you can just show up and hit the notes.

Cuando meditamos eso es exactamente lo que hacemos. Dejamos a Dios ser Dios. Nos dejamos estar en su presencia. Ese es su extraordinario poder. Cronol

And with thee is Wisdom, which knoweth thy works, and was present when thou wast making the world,

By the time I recognize this moment, this moment will be gone. . . But I will bend the light, pretend that it somehow lingered on

Keep me where the light is.

For fifteen years, I had been a presence—terrible or wonderful, but never boring—at Wimbledon, stirring conversation and controversy even when I didn't show up. In my own inimitable way, and without even willing it, I had become part of Wimbledon's tradition.

You always know when Danny (D'Angelo) is coming. You hear him first (because of the Tic Tacs in his pocket) and then you smell him (because he uses way too much cologne!)

There was the ocean, like a recurring character you forgot about for long stretches.

When you think about all the infinitely many galaxies and combinations of DNA, and against all those odds you meet this person - it's a miracle...' 'Right,' I said. I couldn't imagine viewing Bill's presence on Earth as any kind of a miracle, but wasn't that itself the miracle - that love really was an obscure and unfathomable connection between individuals, and not an economic contest where everyone was matched up by how quantifiably lovable they are?

And Margot should have made a rule about no cell phones. What was it about life now? The people who weren't present always seemed to be more important than the people who were.

be present and celebrate the holiday instead of wishing it over. After all, one is given only a certain number of Christmases in one's life.

And Margot should have made a rule about no cell phones. What was it about life now? The people who weren't present always seemed to be more important than the people who were.

She was conscious of being alive and being present: a clear night, a golden beach, good food.

What was it about life now? The people who weren't present always seemed to be more important than the people who were.

What was it about life now? The people who weren't present always seemed to be more important than the people who were.

Shooter's absence is more powerful than Benji's presence.