Quotes about Presence

Out of all the things you could not have there were some things that you could have and one of those was to know when you were happy and to enjoy all of it while it was there and it was good.

May the Lord watch between thee and me while we are absent the one from the other.

The three of us sat at the table, and it seemed as though about six people were missing.

When people talk, listen completely. Don't be thinking what you're going to say. Most people never listen. Nor do they observe. You should be able to go into a room and when you come out, know everything that you saw there and not only that. If that room gave you any feeling you should know exactly what it was that gave you that feeling. Try that for practice.

Sometimes I long for a convent cell, with the sublime wisdom of centuries set out on bookshelves all along the wall and a view across the cornfields--there must be cornfields and they must wave in the breeze--and there I would immerse myself in the wisdom of the ages and in myself. Then I might perhaps find peace and clarity. But that would be no great feat. It is right here, in this very place, in the here and the now, that I must find them.

Prayer [is] the quiet, persistent living of our life of desire and faith in the presence of our God.

If you are "seeking first" his kingdom where you are, then where you are is where he has positioned you.

Blue skies or dark night, one truth still holds: God has you. And this is the promise He has made to you: He will never let you go.

Wherever you are - be all there.

Wherever the bishop appears, there let the people be, even as wheresoever Christ Jesus is, there is the catholic church.

Stop spending so much time chasing life's big pleasures while you neglect the little ones. Slow things down. Enjoy the beauty and sacredness of all that is around you.

As we look at human relationships, what we see is that lovers don't want explanations, but presence. And