Quotes About Presence

Opening his arms he said quietly to her, "Disappear here.

Such people, and their faithful ministers, shall be each other's crown of rejoicing: 1 Thess. ii. 19, 20, "For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? For ye are our glory and joy.

You're either reading a book or you're not.

If dust was present, it was hiding in fear.

There is no future, there is no past, I live this moment as my last

Even though Tom wasn't moving, he seemed to be a little farther away. For the first time Benny realized that there were other people in the hallways. They were indistinct, more of a sense of movement in the gray light rather than specific shapes. He thought he recognized one of them, though. "Chong?" The figure stopped moving, but he stood with his back to Benny. "Tom-is that Chong?" "Is that Chong?" Benny asked again. "Is...is he going with you?

Death walked everywhere and there was no one who didn't know the sound of the Reaper's voice.

Your phone is not your problem. The problem is when we let our phone captivate us so significantly with the unimportant that we ignore the important all around us.

That's the way it is with God, don't you reckon? He always around somewheres, if you can see His face or not. He's out there watching through the dark. Sometimes that's got to be enough, I suppose. Knowing He sees us even if we can't see Him back." -- Levi Snow

I am trying to be more attentive to the moment and appreciative of where I am at. That's part of wisdom, right?

Within us is the breath of God. Around us is the presence of God. Near us is the home we build for God. Ahead of us is the task set by God: to be His agents of justice and compassion. Never has a nobler account been given of the human condition, and it challenges us still.

Holiness belongs to all of us when we turn our lives into the service of God, and society into a home for the Divine Presence.

This is love, she thought, isn't it? When you notice someone's absence and hate that absence more than anything? More, even, than you love his presence?

I missed you even when I was with you. That's been my problem. I miss what I already have, and I surround myself with things that are missing.

Whatever the cost, as long as you're in my company, be sure I'll always be there for you.

We all laughed, but it wasn't really a room for laughter. Nor for tears, oddly, or for anger, or for any emotion other than a sort of solemnity. It was the place of absence; we were in the presence of something that had left. It was like coming to a valley where someone had once shouted, loud and joyously, and the echo of that shout had resonated between the hills and lasted a long time. But now it had vanished, and you stood on the same spot, and it was not the same.

Yes, all the inhabitants of the store had left. But that didn't mean we were alone.

Like the rest of the team, neither of us had wanted to do anything much, other than eat and sleep and enjoy the pure mechanics of being alive. But now he was here.

He was right here and nowhere to be found.

I've been around some very famous people, but no one has the effect Maradona has people tremble in his presence.

I want you to stay. I never want there to be a time when we don't share space.

There are people? in your home? human beings? drowning in their desire for you to look them in the eye. You made this family. And all you have to do is to show up and like them. It's called 'relating'. So get over whatever totally-absent-buying-your-affection parenting that you received and get here, man? because this is your LIFE and you're just pissing it away.

As the incorporation of every moment of its experience, every influence of its contextual heritage and environment, a soul is the presence of its complete past.

Porque lo interesante de la meditación –y esto podría ser una segunda definición– es crear en uno mismo una especie de testigo que espía el remolino de pensamientos sin dejarse arrastrar por ellos.