Quotes About Presence

Question: "What do you most value in your friends? Answer: Their continued existence.

He Showed Up. Throughout his life and times, whenever and wherever something important was on the line, he presented himself.

también se adelantó a Freud al ridiculizar la idea de disponer de antemano ritos funerarios y monumentos conmemorativos, todos los cuales manifestaban el vano e inútil deseo de estar presente de algún modo en el propio funeral.

How delightful it is to be here.(Gym) If only one could spend one's entire life in this state of easygoing physical democracy.

Waking up begins with am and now. That which has awoken then lies for a while staring up at the ceiling and down into itself until it has recognized I, and therefrom deduced I am, I am now.

When it appeared that even the most passive-aggressive attempts would not work, Charlie resorted to the ultimate Beta Male Attack, which was to tolerate Alvin and Mohammed's presence, but to resent the hell out of them and drop snide remarks whenever he had the chance.

When you sit, sit. When you breathe, breathe. When you eat, eat," Gaspar would say, meaning that every bit of our being was to be in the moment, completely aware of the now, no past, no future, nothing dividing us from everything that is. It's hard for me, a Jew, to stay in the moment. Without the past, where is the guilt? And without the future, where is the dread? And without guilt and dread, who am I?

When you sit, sit. When you breathe, breathe. When you eat, eat

He loved constantly, instantly, spontaneously, without thought or words. That's what he taught me. Love is not something you think about, it is a state in which you dwell.

The universe wasn't ideal, but it was hardly a prison. After all, you had to exist somewhere; it might as well be here.

Humility, rather than involving the presence of certain thoughts or behaviors, might better be construed as the absence of narcissism, self-enhancement, or defensiveness.

Slow down. The party won't start until I get there - Jo, Remember me. Page 43.

Time cannot destroy it. I am that love - time cannot touch me. Time but changes the form. Somewhere in some time it will return. When you least expect it, the face of a loved one reappears. Look beyond that face and you will see me.

Where ever I am is paradise because I'm there. I am Joy itself.

It seemed as though Margaret hovered near Alice, aware of Alice when Alice didn't seem to be aware of Margaret.

Resist the urge to plan a "comeback" or a rebuttal. Your brain cannot listen well and prepare to speak at the same time. Use your self-management skills to silence your inner voice and direct your attention to the person in front of you.

You ever met one of those guys who, in a totally calm and composed way, can scare the shit out of you? Like an MMA fighter, or the fat Kardashian sister who married Lamar Odom?

A coin uncounted is a wasted coin. A moment uncounted is a moment that never was.

I believe it has never been my misfortune to be placed where I lost my presence of mind--unless indeed it has been where thrown in strange company, particularly of ladies.

His presence soon restored confidence.

when a man has little time, he must take care to maintain his calm. We must act as if we had eternity before us.

Quase inebriado,gozava então da sua presença nas coisas que via,e através delas desejava-a,satisfazendo-me à vista delas.E,no entanto,sentia uma dor,porque ao mesmo tempo sofria por uma ausência,mesmo sendo feliz com tantos fantasmas de uma presença.

I lost myself in the contemplation of nature, trying to forget my thoughts and to look only at beings as they appear, and to forget myself, joyfully, in the sight of them.

We don't see them, but, invisible, they act all around us.