#presence

The book was at a reasonably high position on the New York Times... before I was in the country. I thought it would be an interesting experiment to see if my presence here would push it up or down. ↗

— Kazuo Ishiguro

#book #country #down #experiment #here

I used to say of Napoleon that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men. ↗

— Duke of Wellington

#field #forty #his #i #made

Germany is an economic giant but a political midget, and with the end of the Cold War she has started to muscle her presence throughout Europe and the world. ↗

— Christo

#cold war #economic #end #europe #germany

Be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence. ↗

— Minor White

#attention #object #presence #still #until

Your hand opens and closes, opens and closes. If it were always a fist or always stretched open, you would be paralysed. Your deepest presence is in every small contracting and expanding, the two as beautifully balanced and coordinated as birds' wings. ↗

— Rumi

#change #growth #presence #the-middle-way #beauty

More than happiness or joy or lower blood pressure, the practice of God’s presence gives us meaning. Through this practice we become more closely aligned with Jesus and we learn His desire for us more completely.Life can be hard. The Practice of The Presence of God makes it easier. As Brother Lawrence said, “There is not in the world a kind of life more sweet and delightful than that of a continual conversation with God. ↗

— David Paul Kirkpatrick

#prayer #life

When we develop the heart chakra, we begin to influence the surroundings with our spiritual presence. When we develop the communication chakra, we begin to influence the country with our spiritual presence. When we develop the seventh chakra, we begin to influence the world with our spiritual presence without doing anything. ↗

— Swami Dhyan Giten

#communcation-chakra #consciousness #heart-chakra #meditation #presence

My analysis was directed toward purely physical conditions, such as defective wiring, presence of lack of air spaces between metal flues and woodwork, etc., and the results were presented in these terms. ↗

— Benjamin Whorf

#analysis #between #conditions #defective #directed

In a time so filled with methods and techniques designed to change people, to influence their behavior, and to make them do new things and think new thoughts, we have lost the simple but difficult gift of being present to each other. (p. 11-12) ↗

— Henri J. M. Nouwen Donald P. McNeill Douglas A. Morrison

#presence #change

In truth, Semper Fidelis describes far more than God’s faithfulness to empower, encourage, or protect. It describes nothing short of God’s unyielding faithfulness to never give up His relentless pursuit of our lives. ↗

— Lt. Carey H. Cash

#faith