Quotes About Presence

It didn't matter where you were, if you were in a room full

Online, there's no time. It's always Christmas.

If things are real, they're there all the time.

Speak in French when you can't think of the English for a thing—turn out your toes when you walk—and remember who you are!

When Galileo divided experienced reality into two spheres, a subjective sphere, which he chose to exclude from science, and an objective sphere, freed theoretically from man's visible presence, but known through rigorous mathematical analysis, he was dismissing as unsubstantial and unreal the cultural accretions of meaning that had made mathematics-itself a purely subjective distillation-possible.

It is possible to find enjoyment in the gift of each moment and each breath, even in the midst of difficulty.

I love distracting myself, just like anyone else. But I also feel a more urgent need in myself to make an effort, to be present, and to try to be something that is in favor of life. Of human life.

The best thing of all is God is with us.

Sometimes you have to disconnect to stay connected. Remember the old days when you had eye contact during a conversation? When everyone wasn't looking down at a device in their hands? We've become so focused on that tiny screen that we forget the big picture, the people right in front of us.

Ghosts are all around us. Look for them, and you will find them.

Many of us have been running all our lives. Practice stopping.

I used to say of Napoleon that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men.

It used to be said that when the Baal Shem Tov came into a town, his impact was so strong, he didn't have to speak. His disciples had to dance or to sing or to preach to have the same effect. I think a real messenger, myself or anyone, by the very fact that he is there as a person, as a symbol, could have the same impact.

My old drama coach used to say, 'Don't just do something, stand there.' Gary Cooper wasn't afraid to do nothing.

A military presence does not need to be used to be useful.

It's true that I am not an active social media user.

I believe in living with the camera, and not using the camera.

When you drive, you are doing several things at once. You are using your eyes, ears, hands, your mind. If you have meditated for many years and have reached a lofty height in your meditation, as I have, you can meditate while running and cycling and painting.

Look thy last on all things lovely, Every hour - let no night Seal thy sense in deathly slumber Till to delight Thou hast paid thy utmost blessing.

The kids are Job One. So, to be quite candid, if they need me, I do my utmost to make sure I'm there.

When you act a scene with Sidney Poitier, he listens intently to every word you say. You can feel your words hit him. He makes the scene utterly real.

What we want is to make something that fills utterly the sight and can't be used to make life only bearable.

In my personal opinion, you miss out on the beauty of the moment if you go in planning what the moment is. It's like having a vacation too jam-packed with activities. You miss all of the sunsets.

I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum.