Quotes about Presence

The nuisance of her presence outweighs the gratification to be derived from tormenting her

Being deeply contented with God in my everyday life is a focused attitude. It is always available. It means practicing letting go of my obsession with how I'm doing. It means training myself to learn to actually be present with people, and seeking to love them.

Why do you act? You act for an audience. In the theatre, you're in their presence. Film stars don't know what it is to have an audience.

The blessing of my mother is that she is so interested, she is so bright, she never complains - the joy of the Lord just bubbles out of her. Anybody who's in her presence is blessed to be there.

It is too expensive to have a bricks and mortar presence everywhere.

The power of being in the physical presence of another person delivers real benefits.

You may be ignorant of His presence at the time, but that doesn't mean He doesn't exist. If you look, you will find that He was there all along. You can know that God exists.

We can see that the sacramental presence of the Lord in the Eucharist is an essential gift for us and give us also the possibility to love the others and to work for the others.

Let me tell you something you already know: reading is critically important - especially for Christian believers. God, after all, reveals Himself to us in the written words of Scripture. Think about it: when we read the Word, we place ourselves in the very presence of God.

The Church must actualize, be present in the public debate, in our struggle for a true concept of liberty and peace.

Most people think that to meditate, I should feel a particular special something, and if I don't, then I must be doing something wrong.

We have a God who loves us. We are in the palm of his hand. He doesn't leave us, and He doesn't forsake us.