Quotes about Presence
Everything we touch in our daily lives, including our body, is a miracle. By putting the kingdom of god in the right place, it shows us it is possible to live happily right here, right now.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
People with handicaps teach me that being is more important than doing, the heart is more important than the mind, and caring together is better than caring alone.
— Henri Nouwen
To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while. Your children need your presence more than your presents.
— Jesse Jackson
In the midst of the shopping and the wrapping and the arranging of presents under your tree this Christmas, may you not forget the gifts you cannot yet hold in your hands.
— Bishop TD Jakes
A man ought to carry himself in the world as an orange tree would if it could walk up and down in the garden, swinging perfume from every little censer it holds up in the air.
— Henry Ward Beecher
One of the most important ways to manifest integrity is to be loyal to those who are not present. In doing so, we build the trust of those who are present.
— Stephen Covey
O my brethren, my heart is enlarge towards you. I trust I feel something of that hidden, but powerful presence of Christ, whilst I am preaching to you.
— George Whitefield
The mind has to be empty to see clearly.
— Jiddu Krishnamurti
Truth comes when your mind and heart are purged of all sense of striving and you are no longer trying to become somebody; it is there when the mind is very quiet, listening timelessly to everything.
— Bruce Lee
I love you and I'm here for you.
— Will Smith
Too late came I to love you, O Beauty both so ancient and so new! Too late came I to love you - and behold you were with me all the time . . .
— St. Augustine
Dear brothers and sisters, the Church loves you! Be an active presence in the community, as living cells, as living stones.
— Pope Francis