#sence

Each day is a step we make towards eternity and we shall continue thus to step from day to day until we take the last step, which will bring us into the presence of God. ↗

— Catherine McAuley

#continue #day #day to day #each #eternity

Though I acted in hundreds of productions, appeared at the Guthrie Theatre and on Broadway in Amadeus, I discovered in my thirties that I didn't really like stage acting. The presence of the audience, the eight shows a week and the possibility of a long run were all unnatural to me. ↗

— Fred Melamed

#acting #amadeus #appeared #audience #broadway

For me it was really important to get the essence out of the music for the story and not, sort of, press the music into the service of the whimsical telling of it. ↗

— Graeme Murphy

#get #important #into #me #music

Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people. ↗

— Jawaharlal Nehru

#absence #also #brought #come #condition

The essence of a democracy is a free electorate. ↗

— Arlen Specter

#electorate #essence #free

The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection. ↗

— George Orwell

#being human #does #essence #human #perfection

The greatest teacher in healing is nature itself. To be out in the nature is like being surrounded and embraced by love. Trees are also very beautiful people, who have their own innate wisdom and who are already in oneness with Existence. And the sky whispers its silent message that, beyond everything, there is only one sky. A female meditator describes it like there is a basic meditative quality in nature. She says: "There is nothing in nature that questions each others existence like people do. Everything is allowed to exist and everything is allowed to be exactly as it is – and seasons come and go. It is not strange that people love to be out in nature and experiences that they come in harmony with themselves, because, in nature, there is nothing that tries to change them. There is a quality in the air, which can be called a meditative quality". ↗

— Swami Dhyan Giten

#meditation #presence #spirituality #therapy #beauty

The relative property of the Son is to be begotten, that is, so to proceed from the Father as to be a participant of the same essence and perfectly carry on the Father's nature. ↗

— William Ames

#carry #essence #father #nature #participant

In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery? ↗

— Saint Augustine

#absence #justice #organized #robbery #sovereignty

Martin said, "It feels as though part of my self has detached and gone to Amsterdam, where it—she—is waiting for me. Do you know about phantom-limb syndrome?" Julia nodded. "There's pain where she ought to be. It's feeding the other pain, the thing that makes me wash and count and all that. So her absence is stopping me from going to find her. Do you see? ↗

— Audrey Niffenegger

#love #ocd #pain #love