Quotes About Presence

A rustle in the wind reminds us a fairy is near.

Fear knocked at the door, faith opened it and lo, there was no one there.

On the map of faith, you are here — always right here — because you have to be to believe.

If the rose comes, we eat and drink near it; if it departs, we do not regret it.

An identity long ago observed, or, I may say, never not observed, as if the gardener among his vines is in the presence of his ancestors, or shall I say, the orchardist is a pear raised to the highest power.

The spirits of the dead hallow a house, for me.

Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep...

Sometimes you can make people forget the past with a present.

Why should I wish to see God better than this day? I see something of God each hour of the twenty-four, and each moment then, In the faces of men and women I see God, and in my own face in the glass, I find letters from God dropped in the street — and every one is signed by God's name And I leave them where they are, for I know that others will punctually come forever and ever.

Peace is not the absence of affliction, but the presence of God.

When something does not insist on being noticed, when we aren't grabbed by the collar or struck on the skull by a presence or an event, we take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.

Once you stop rushing through life, you will be amazed how much more life you have time for.

Mountain pose teaches us, literally, how to stand on our own two feet... teaching us to root ourselves into the earth... Our bodies become a connection between heaven and earth.

When asked what gift he wanted for his birthday, the yogi replied: "I wish no gifts, only presence."

Where Thou art – that – is Home... Where Thou art not – is Wo...

Hope is much like a cat in the Dark — you only know it's there by the reflection of its eyes — which means there is Light nearby.

It was a pain and an unrest; and it received easement only by the touch of the new god's presence. At such times love was joy to him, a wild, keen–thrilling satisfaction. But when away from his god, the pain and the unrest returned; the void in him sprang up and pressed against him with its emptiness, and the hunger gnawed and gnawed unceasingly.

And never forget, Michael said, time travelers never die. No matter what you saw up ahead, about me, I'll always be here.

If I adhere to any fundamental principle in my writing, perhaps it is my belief that the function of fiction is essentially to amuse or entertain the reader. The mark of good writing, in my opinion, is that the reader is not aware that the story has been written; as he reads, the ideas and images flow into his mind as if he were living them. The utmost accolade a writer can receive is that the reader is incognizant of his presence.

Always, he whispered. The gods do not always answer, but they are always listening.

I have learned, since, that there are sailors who think a woman's presence aboard ship to be a sign of ill luck. Elua be thanked, D'Angelines are spared such idiotic superstitions.

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But you just know when someone's there, don't you? You can feel them in the house, as if--oh, I don't know, I'm an old woman rambling--but it's as if your heart knows that their heart is beating somewhere and everything's all right.

Don't you know you take my heart with you everywhere you go?