Presence Quotes

"In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet" "To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there" "The past is a ghost, the future a dream, and all we ever have is now" "I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention" "In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you" "Focus on me" "We were together. I forget the rest." "To be everywhere is to be nowhere." "Being with you and not being with you is the only way I have to measure time." "Conscience is God present in man" "I want you always to remember me. Will you remember that I existed, and that I stood next to you here like this?" "You are the ego, the logic and the sense. You are the neverending presence of you." "God's presence is all that matters." "Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention" "Sometimes the bravest and most important thing you can do is just show up" "True belonging is not passive. It’s not the belonging that comes with just joining a group. It’s not fitting in or pretending or selling out because it’s safer. It’s a practice that requires vulnerability to get uncomfortable and learn how to be present with people without sacrificing who we are." "Let your beauty manifest itself without talking and calculation." "It's better to be looked over than overlooked." "Look at everything always as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time" "Peace is not the absence of war but the presence of justice"