Quotes About Presence

I am ugly, but what I do have is charm.

What a world we live in. I want to be incredibly close to the heart of it all. To live honestly, truthfully and to be completely present is the ultimate enterprise.

An environment is precisely something one is unable to point to yet is strangely there nonetheless.

An international presence in Serbia's Kosovo province is not a problem. But only a civilian and unarmed mission under U.N. auspices, with Russia's participation, would be acceptable.

If you do too much acting in a lead part in a feature film where you're 40 ft. high, it's rather unattractive. You can see the acting. And it's actually the right thing to do to bring as much of yourself, I believe, to the part as you possibly can - to minimize the amount of theatrical stuff that you need to do.

My mom, she is the most unbelievable mom that you could ever have in your entire life and she's always with me on everything. The most I've ever been away from her is two days. I love her more than anybody could ever know.

So many artists say they're not aware of audience. For me is unbelievable.

When you pay attention to boredom it gets unbelievably interesting.

Be true to the thought of the moment and avoid distraction. Other than continuing to exert yourself, enter into nothing else, but go to the extent of living single thought by single thought.

Reducing military presence has never in history won a war.

Peace is not the absence of war but the presence of justice.

I wanted to make people think, to open their minds, to give them a full picture of what was happening in Iraq so they can decide whether they supported our presence there.

It was just enough to sit there without words.

If your busy with yourself now, you will be busy with yourself then. If you are busy with Allah now, you will be with Him then.

Be the silent watcher of your thoughts and behavior. You are beneath the thinker. You are the stillness beneath the mental noise. You are the love and joy beneath the pain.

Be with Allah, You will find Allah with you.

Reality is where your consciousness is located

Wisdom comes with the ability to be still. Just look and listen. No more is needed.

When you approach something to photograph it, first be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence. Then don't leave until you have captured its essence.

Confusion and impotence are the inevitable results when the wisdom and resources of the world are substituted for the presence and power of the Spirit.

Who is the wisest man? He who neither knows or wishes for anything else than what happens.

Wisdom and joy arise when you learn to exist now rather than in the nonexistent past or future.

Listen. Pay attention. Treasure every moment.

All that is required to realise the Self is to "Be Still.