Prayer is the key of perfection and of sovereign happiness; it is the efficacious means of getting rid of all vices and of acquiring all virtues; for the way to become perfect is to live in the presence of God.
I have absolutely no difficulty myself with the playing of God Save the Queen in the presence of Her Majesty.
Although whenever you have intelligent life in the presence of large explosions, a safe bet is that the intelligent life is responsible for the large explosion.
God is that inner presence which makes us admire the beautiful and consoles us for not sharing the happiness of the wicked.
So whether you do your first downward dog at 14 or 44, it’s not your history but your presence on your mat that counts.
The other person's presence ultimately is the same as your presence, because it is in presence that there is true meeting.
Wonder Woman presents a challenge because she needs to be drop-dead gorgeous, but also very, very strong both physically and emotionally. She's a powerful presence and we had to find that balance between athleticism and glamour.
You can't make the other fellow feel important in your presence if you secretly feel that he is a nobody
The state of emotional intoxication allows one to grasp existence in one's self and in the other, as both subjectivity and passivity. The two partners merge in this ambiguous unity; each one is freed of his own presence and achieves immediate communication with the other.
Prefer to be defeated in the presence of the wise than to excel among fools.
By prolonged and continued fellowship, the sheep who follow nearby enjoy the shepherd's presence and become his familiar companions. To those closest to him, he shares the choicest portions of the food he's gathered. These happy and content sheep are never in danger. Why? Because they are near the shepherd!
Victory is not the absence of problems, it is the presence of power.
Only when we are captured by an overwhelming sense of awe and reverence in the presence of God, will we begin to worship God in spirit and in truth.
I'm one of those artists who have the presence and that swag. . . I was always built for the music, I don't get on cameras and pop sh*t and base it on a whole lot of hype and talk, I was built off my music.
This is the sphinx of the hearthstone, the little god of domesticity, whose presence turns a house into a home.
Creativity arises out of the state of thoughtless presence in which you are much more awake than when you are engrossed in thinking.
We, like the Mother of the World, become the compassionate presence that can hold, with tenderness, the rising and passing waves of suffering.
Well how can a holy, just, righteous God allow sin into His presence?
Opposition doesn't prevent the presence of God, it provides an opportunity to prove the presence of God.
Those who shine with the glory of God are destined to become walking spiritual experiences for others. Those who covet being in His presence, soak in His love, quiet their souls and allow the Lord to change them, become transformed and grow from glory to glory. They become the ones who step up during such a time as this.