Presence Quotes

“Its good to leave each day behind, like flowing water, free of sadness. Yesterday is gone and its tale told. Today new seeds are growing.”

“When the ocean surges, don't let me just hear it. Let it splash inside my chest!”

“Do not look back,No one knows how the world ever began.Do not fear the future, Nothing lasts forever.If you dwell on the past or future,You will miss the moment.”

“The purpose of dancing isn't to end up at a particular spot on the floor. The purpose of dancing - and of life - is to enjoy every moment and every step, regardless of where you are when the music ends.”

“...this moment... is the only physical reality you have.”

“Wherever you are there you are!”

“Keep silent, because the world of silence is a vast fullness”

“The breezes at dawn have secrets to tell you Don't go back to sleep! You must ask for what you really want. Don't go back to sleep! People are going back and forth across the doorsill where the two worlds touch, The door is round and open Don't go back to sleep!”

“Friend, our closeness is this: anywhere you put your foot, feel me in the firmness under you.”

“I cannot sleep in your presence In your absence, tears prevent me you watch me my beloved on each sleepiness night and Only you see the difference”

“Love’s secret is always lifting its head out from under the covers, “Here I am!””

“No more words. In the name of this place we drink in with our breathing, stay quiet like a flower. So the nightbirds will start singing.”

“From the Distance You only See My Light; Come closer and You will Know that I Am You.”

“Do not leave me, hide in my heart like a secret, wind around my head like a turban. "I come and go as I please," you say, "swift as a heartbeat." You can tease me as much as you like but never leave me.”

“This silence, this moment, every moment, If it's genuinely inside you, brings what you need.”

“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.”

“Every object, every being...is a jar full of delight.”

“If I gaze at my beloved she may feel embarrassed and if I do not, she will feel neglected. I can see the stars reflecting in the calm water of her face but if I look away I lose my clarity.”

“Every moment is made glorious by the light of love.”

“Concentrate on the Essence, concentrate on the Light.”

“Happy, not from anything that happens. Warm, not from fire or a hot bath. Light, I register zero on a scale.”

“Even if you are loaded down with guilt about everything you did in the past, you still are experiencing the guilt in the moment.”

“To finish the moment, to find the journey's end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom. It is not the part of men, but of fanatics, or of mathematicians, if you will, to say, that, the shortness of life considered, it is not worth caring whether for so short a duration we were sprawling in want, or sitting high. Since our office is with moments, let us husband them.”

“Those who listened to Lord Chatham felt that there was something finer in the man, than anything which he said.”

“When I get on the dance floor, my purpose in being on the dance floor is not to end up at another spot when the music stops. The purpose of the dance is to enjoy every step along the way.”