#presence

Generally in my films like 'Hearts of Darkness' or 'Picture This,' I try not to make myself a presence in the film. ↗

— George Hickenlooper

#film #films #generally #hearts #i

I have absolutely no difficulty myself with the playing of God Save the Queen in the presence of Her Majesty. ↗

— John Howard

#difficulty #god #her #i #majesty

Beauty, the eternal Spouse of the Wisdom of God and Angel of his Presence thru' all creation. ↗

— Robert Bridges

#beauty #creation #eternal #god #his

There is a divine purpose behind everything - and therefore a divine presence in everything. ↗

— Neale Donald Walsch

#divine #everything #presence #purpose #therefore

It is difficult to imagine how any behavior in the presence of another person can avoid being a communication of one's own view of the nature of one's relationship with that person and how it can fail to influence that person. ↗

— Paul Watzlawick

#any #avoid #behavior #being #communication

One of the purest souls ever to live on this fallen planet was Nicholas Herman, known as Brother Lawrence. He wrote very little, but what he wrote has seemed to several generations of Christians to be so rare and so beautiful as to deserve a place near the top among the world's great books of devotion. The writings of Brother Lawrence are the ultimate in simplicity; ideas woven like costly threads to make a pattern of great beauty. ↗

— A.W. Tozer

#practice-god-s-presence #simplicity #beauty

Once you accept the existence of God - however you define him, however you explain your relationship to him - then you are caught forever with his presence in the center of all things. ↗

— Morris West

#all things #caught #center #define #existence

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

#brethren #christ #enlarge #feel #heart

I took my daily swim at the Beverly Hills Hotel pool despite the presence of onlookers. ↗

— Esther Williams

#beverly hills #daily #despite #hills #hotel

He was so tenacious he defied the distraction of women by refusing to have them in his presence, just as later in life he denied his blindness by calling for more and more candles. ↗

— Kit Williams

#calling #candles #defied #denied #distraction