Quotes About Presence

There is no way into Presence except through a love exchange.

Love and a sense of calmness are the only things you need to bring to the experience of death.

Love the things you love as best as you can love them in the time you have in their presence.

If you try to live that which is past, that which IS will bypass you.

In many ways doth the full heart reveal The presence of the love it would conceal.

Dogs are great teachers. They are at home in the world. They live in the moment, and they force us to stay there with them. Dogs love us unconditionally, not for our bodies or bank accounts.

Each breath I breathe is one more chance to share my love with those around me.

The anonymous puts the name in place, leaves it empty, as if the name were there only to let itself be passed through because the name does not name, but is the non-unity and non-presence of the nameless.

We all know how loving ends. But I want to fall in love with the world anyway. To let it crack me open. I want to feel what there is to feel. While I am here.

Over time, there would be less and less of him and more of the tumor. His brain was being eaten by God. He left the clinic in fine spirits. He had no intention of removing the tumor. It was the perfect solution to his dilemma: how to feed his body's desire for intimacy. He was delusional, of course. There was no higher presence filling him with love, connecting him to all things. It only felt that way. But that was fine. That was ideal. He would not have trusted a God outside his head.

He had no intention of removing the tumor. It was the perfect solution to his dilemma: how to feed his body's desire for intimacy. He was delusional, of course. There was no higher presence filling him with love, connecting him to all things. It only felt that way. But that was fine. That was ideal. He would not have trusted a God outside his head.

but she wanted ALL Oxford to see her—see her NOW.

ein guter Abend, mehr als Zeitvertreib. Wenn jeder auf ein paar Gedanken kommt, die er nicht schon gehabt und früher ausgesprochen hat, dank der Gegenwart des andern.

Es wäre sehr leer ohne die junge Fremde, das Meer und das Gelände mit Dünen und Wind. [...]. Es wäre Sand wie auf Sylt (1949) und Meeresbläue wie bei Sperlonga (1962) und Erinnerung. Auch wenn er Lynn nicht anschaut: sie macht die Gegenwart, ihr Körper im andern Sessel.

Christ entered our world. As a result, we can enter His.

The presence of anxiety is unavoidable, but the prison of anxiety is optional.

Sustaining grace promises not the absence of struggle but the presence of God.

Don't equate the presence of God with a good mood or a pleasant temperament. God is near whether you are happy or not.

God is always near us. Always for us. Always in us. We may forget him, but God will never forget us.

When are you most afraid? When the teacher hands out the test? When the popular people walk your way? When you think about the future? Even in your most fearful moments, Jesus is with you, offering a peace you can't find anywhere else.

In like manner the Spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters. And once there was calming, there could be creating.

Next time a sunrise steals your breath or a meadow of flowers leaves you speechless, remain that way. Say nothing and listen as Heaven whispers, Do you like it? I did it just for you.

David knew what mattered most. The presence of God. He begged God for it.

Lay claim to the nearness of God. Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you (Heb. 13.5 NIV).