Quotes About Presence

No substitute for the living, perhaps, but I wasn't given a choice. I could take solace in their presence or I could fall down in a heap, lamenting what I'd lost.

the people who matter in our lives stay with us, haunting our most ordinary moments.

Ritual is the way you carry the presence of the sacred. Ritual is the spark that must not go out.

Karma is simply the law of cause and effect. If you plant an apple seed, you don't a get a mango tree. If we practice hatred or greed, it becomes our way and the world responds accordingly. If we practice awareness or loving-kindness, it becomes our way and the world responds accordingly." "We are heirs to the results of our actions, to the intentions we bring to every moment we initiate. We make ripples upon the ocean of the universe through our very presence.

The birds have vanished into the sky, And now the last cloud fades away. We sit together, the mountain and I, until only the mountain remains. LI PO

Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor I: But when the trees bow down their head, The wind is passing by.

Who has seen the wind? Neither I nor you: But when the leaves hang trembling, The wind is passing through. Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor I: But when the trees bow down their heads, The wind is passing by.

Ça m'a fait un peu mal, cette voix sans visage, toute grave, tendue et ces cinq petits mots : Mais enfin je suis là.

Some of the most rewarding and beautiful moments of a friendship happen in the unforeseen open spaces between planned activities. It is important that you allow these spaces to exist.

La non-action, c'est la respiration de l'action. C'est comme le silence après le bruit. C'est s'efforcer, dans bien des moments de son quotidien, de ne pas passer tout de suite à autre chose, à une autre action. Décider de prendre le temps, non pas de réfléchir mais de ressentir, de se laisser doucement envahir par le sillage de ce que l'on vient de faire, et la présence de l'instant.

You never remember who came to the funeral, but you never forget who didn't.

ALIZON They told me no one was here. RICHARD It would be me they meant.

Sometimes Drusilla forgot she was really there, a tangible creature and not some ghost of a memory, drifting about the world, only observing.

More is accomplished by spending time in God's presence than by doing anything else.

developing a life in God's presence above all else is the only way to fulfill our God-given destinies. Keys to our callings are released when we spend time there.

Saint Simeon once said that tears are a sign of the Holy Spirit's presence.

Olen tullut tutuksi suuremman pedon kanssa kuin maailma, huoneessani se odottaa kaikki kaksitoista silmää auki. Kun lähestyn sitä se nousee levitoimaan kun käännän sille selkäni sen käpälät ovat kaulallani.

Udii il suo respiro; non so per quanto tempo, ma lo udii chiaramente, poi lei riattaccò. Io sarei rimasto a lungo così, con il ricevitore in mano, solo per sentirla respirare.

We were told that the name Dalai Lama is not used in Tibet at all. It is a Mongolian expression meaning "Broad Ocean." Normally the Dalai Lama is referred to as the "Gyalpo Rimpoche," which means "Precious King." His parents and brothers use another title in speaking of him. They call him "Kundün," which simply means "Presence." The

If you are lucky enough to find somewhere you want to be, then you should be there.

You have to keep on with a house, day after day, I think. Heating, cleaning, opening and closing windows, making sounds to fill the silence, cooking and washing up, laundering and polishing. As soon as you stop, there may as well never have been any life at all. A house dies as quickly as a body.

No. Kraka is here. He will always be here." She held so still. "I lived as his mistress. What can change that?" "The future," said Berg, in the darkness.

His mother was standing before him,

Sometimes, a few times, I felt my father must be sitting near me as I sat on a train or in a café. This was comforting. It all was. Because these were the normal madnesses of grief.