Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Presence Quotes
InterconnectionLoveOnenessPresenceSpirituality In the stillness of your presence, you can feel your own formless and timeless reality as the unmanifested life that animates your physical form. You can then feel the same life deep within every other human and every other creature. You look beyond the veil of form and separation. This is the realization of oneness. This is love.
MindfulnessPresenceSuccess Don't wait to be successful at some future point. Have a successful relationship with the present moment and be fully present in whatever you are doing. That is success.
Family RolesFathersGolfPresenceResponsibility The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.
DualityPresenceTransformation The beginnings and ends of shadow lie between the light and darkness and may be infinitely diminished and infinitely increased. Shadow is the means by which bodies display their form. The forms of bodies could not be understood in detail but for shadow.
AwarenessMindfulnessPresenceStillness When you wash your hands, when you make a cup of coffee, when you're waiting for the elevator - instead of indulging in thinking, these are all opportunities for being there as a still, alert presence.
InspirationPerformancePresenceTalent Meryl Streep does things I would never have thought possible... Her presence on screen is outstanding.
FocusGenerosityMindfulnessPresenceRelationships Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.
ChangeContinuityPerspectivePresenceTime There can be neither today without yesterday nor tomorrow without today.
MindfulnessPresenceSelf-awarenessTime If we examine our thoughts, we shall find them always occupied with the past and the future.
AcceptanceLovePresence To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.
AcceptanceOptimismPresence Always say 'yes' to the present moment... Surrender to what is. Say 'yes' to life - and see how life starts suddenly to start working for you rather than against you.
AcceptanceIntentional ChoicesPersonal ResponsibilityPresence Wherever you are, be there totally. If you find your here and now intolerable and it makes you unhappy, you have three options: remove yourself from the situation, change it, or accept it totally. If you want to take responsibility for your life, you must choose one of those three options, and you must choose now. Then accept the consequences.
MindfulnessPresenceProblem Solving Narrow your life down to this moment. Your life situation may be full of problems - most life situations are - but find out if you have a problem at this moment. Do you have a problem now?
Presence Often, little situations trigger enormous reactions. Be there, present for it. Your partner will find it easier to see it in you, and you will find it easier to see it in them.
PresenceRealityTime I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.
AwarenessBoldnessInterestingnessPresenceSelf-awareness I knew that I was 'interesting' at 18 because I was aware that I could get away with doing things on stage.
ActionMindfulnessOpportunityPresenceSelf-awareness Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine.
IsolationMindfulnessPerceptionPresenceSelf-awareness I think my worst problem is actually living in the moment and understanding everything that's going on. I feel like I'm in my own bubble.
AwarenessConsciousnessMindfulnessPresence When you take your attention into the present moment, a certain alertness arises. You become more conscious of what's around you, but also, strangely, a sense of presence that is both within and without.
GratitudeLifeMindfulnessPresenceSpirituality It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up.
FreedomIntegrityJoyPresenceSimplicity In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.
AcceptanceGratitudePresence I'm grateful for always this moment, the now, no matter what form it takes.
Inner StrengthPresenceSelf Worth What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.
