#presence

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

As we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence actually liberates others. ↗

— Marianne Williamson

#fear #give #liberated #liberates #light

Our role is to develop techniques that allow us to provide emergency life-saving procedures to injured patients in an extreme, remote environment without the presence of a physician. ↗

— Chris Hadfield

#develop #emergency #environment #extreme #injured

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

In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

#eternity #mountains #presence #transient

Viv had this kind of stage presence where you couldn't ignore it. He walked onstage, he looked dangerous. You just didn't know what he was going to do. ↗

— Neil Innes

#going #had #ignore #just #kind

In practice, I've had a presence in China since 1998 with my commercial spaces and shops. ↗

— Giorgio Armani

#commercial #had #i #practice #presence

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

— Robert Bridges

#beauty #creation #eternal #god #his

I teach people that no matter what the situation is, no matter how chaotic, no matter how much drama is around you, you can heal by your presence if you just stay within your center. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#center #chaotic #drama #heal #how