Quotes About Presence

You can always cope with the present moment, but you cannot cope with something that is only a mind projection - you cannot cope with the future.

The false self lives mainly through memory and anticipation. Past and future are its main preoccupation.

Spirituality tells the seeker not to live in the hoary past, not to live in the remote future, but to live in the immediacy of today, in the eternal Now.

Live. And live well. Breathe. Breathe in and breathe deeply. Be present. Do not be past. Do not be future. Be now.

I really don't look at my past and I really don't look too much to the future because I find that's sort of redundant. I really live right in the present. I live right in the now.

Greet every morning with open arms and say thanks every night with a full heart. Each day is a precious gift to be savored and used, not left unopened and hoarded for a future that may never come.

The important thing is to be there, score when needed. It's better if the goals are beautiful, better still if they are important.

It is possible to do something, and to do something meticulously and completely with out creating a goal... all nature works this way.

Every day set the simple goal of trying to be more awake and less distracted.

The highest goal of spirituality is Self-realization, but what does that mean? It means to feel your Self as a living reality in this moment, and there is always only this moment. (10)

Whenever you are alone, remind yourself that God has sent everyone else away so that there is only you and Him.

Whatever you are doing, that which makes you feel the most alive...that is where God is.

If the presence of God is in the church, the church will draw the world in. If the presence of God is not in the church, the world will draw the church out.

Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.

In this age of crowds in which I have determined to be a solitary, perhaps the greatest sin would be to lament the presence of people on the threshold of my solitude.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

A real friend is someone who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.

Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much.

When I stare at the sky, I see you. When I stare out into the ocean, I see you. When I'm looking at the moon, I see you. Geez! Would you move aside, you're constantly getting in my way.

Some Girls are very focused on how they should walk, instead they should first focus on how should they talk.

I can make a scene that's not supposed to be sexy, very sexy. It's a power you're born with. It's not a physical thing, it comes from inside. It's all in the eyes.

Look for the woman in the dress. If there is no woman, there is no dress.

There is something to me very softening in the presence of a woman, some strange influence, even if one is not in love with them, which I cannot at all account for, having no very high opinion of the sex. But yet, I always feel in better humor with myself and every thing else, if there is a woman within ken.

I see you in my dreams and know you are there, but I still feel like I have lived my whole lifetime just waiting for you to be here with me.