Quotes about Presence
One day I saw a flower and began to contemplate its fragrance and beauty. As I thought more deeply, I recognized the creator of such wonders- not with my mortal eyes but with my spiritual eyes. This filled my heart with joy, but my joy was still greater when I recognized that same creator at work within my own soul. How wonderful is God, separate from creation yet ever filling it with his glorious presence.
— Sadhu Sundar Singh
We have been endowed with spiritual senses so that we can feel and enjoy God's presence.
— Sadhu Sundar Singh
Make yourself familiar with the angels, and behold them frequently in spirit for without being seen, they are present with you.
— Francis de Sales
Fasting is about ingesting the Word of God, the beauty of God, the presence of God, the blessings of God. Fasting is about spiritual indulgence!
— Sam Storms
To restore silence is the role of objects.
— Samuel Beckett
whether God come to his children with a rod or a crown, if he come himself with it, it is well. Welcome, welcome Jesus, what way soever thou come, if we can get a sight of thee. And sure I am, it is better to be sick, providing Christ come to the bed-side, and draw aside the curtains, and say 'Courage, I am thy salvation,' than to enjoy health, being lusty and strong, and never to be visited of God.
— Samuel Rutherford
Venture through the thick of all things after Christ, and lose not your Master, Christ, in the throng of this great market.
— Samuel Rutherford
Acting is the only time when I truly maintain the spontaneity that I want to be present at all times.
— Leonardo DiCaprio
Well, sir, if things are real, they're there all the time." "Are they?" said the Professor; and Peter did not quite know what to say.
— CS Lewis
Because God is with you all the time, no place is any closer to God than the place where you are right now.
— Rick Warren
We must slow down to a human tempo and we'll begin to have time to listen.
— Thomas Merton
If you believe you are the beloved of God, you need to spend time listening to his voice - period! You can't say, "Yes God calls me the beloved, but I have to go out to do something now."
— Henri Nouwen