Quotes About Presence

Presence is more than just being there.

A true community begins in the hearts of the people involved. It is not a place of distraction but a place of being.

When we slow down to notice, the universe gives us the signs we need.

Her mind cleared slightly, but she still didn't seem to be quite all there.

In die ersten Augenblicke des neuen Tages gehören nicht eigene Pläne und Sorgen, auch nicht der Übereifer der Arbeit, sondern Gottes befreiende Gnade, Gottes segnende Nähe.

Every soul is engaged in a great work-the labor of personal liberation from the state of ignorance. The world is a great prison; its bars are the Unknown. And each is a prisoner until, at last, he earns the right to tear these bars from their moldering sockets, and pass, illuminated and inspired into the darkness, which becomes lighted by that presence

To those capable of seeing the light of these spiritual orbs, there is no darkness, for they dwell in the presence of limitless light and at midnight see the sun shining under their feet.

His aura was too bright and his masculine force affected me physically," Angelou recalled years later. ?A hot desert storm eddied around him and rushed to me, making my skin contract, and my pores slam shut. . . . His hair was the color of burning embers and his eyes pierced.

How can you love a woman in your arms if you are busy holding another one in your dreams?

Es va aturar arran de taula , deixant que la sang fes el seu fet, suau, callada, i alhora misteriosament present i agradable, terriblement agradable...

We must forget in order to remain present, forget in order not to die, forget in order to remain faithful.

it enhances the mixture of presence and escape that constitutes his "ecstasies,

to fix oneself in time

Given the fleeting nature of the moment and the least event, the most important thing is to anticipate being able to see it again in order to believe it, to anticipate the absence that already looms, the shadow cast by an elusive present. This is the opposite of what is sometimes called the work of grieving, which tends to allay the forgetting. It is not a question of admitting that the other is no longer there but of assuring oneself of having been there, in person.

Most times, the foreman says, it ain't knowing what to say as much as it is just being there not knowing how to say it

for a soul that is burning with love cannot remain inactive. No doubt, she will remain at [10]Jesus' feet as did Mary Magdalene, and she will listen to His sweet and burning words. Appearing to do nothing, she will give much more than Martha who torments herself with many things

It was a sensory phantasmagoria. The coldness of the setting moon, the warmth of the rising sun, and the sky above an explosion of pinks, yellows, and reds. From behind, Tessa felt Skylar scoop up her hair and lift it away from her neck. He pressed his lips to her exposed skin and she trembled, his touch rushing through every nerve in her body. Then she heard him whisper softly, "I'm still here, Tess.

Tessa didn't realize she was crying until she tasted tears on her lips. He's here. Watching me. Trying to touch me. So why can't I see him? Or hear him?

each second with you is worth more than any other second

Just because somebody is gone doesn't mean they don't exist anymore—with a little imagination, you're never alone.

Les gens qu'on aime ne meurent jamais tant qu'on les garde en soi.

Och så länge han tänker på mig, finns jag.

Chaque seconde avec toi compte plus que toute autre seconde.

I may not always be with you But when we're far apart Remember you will be with me Right inside my heart