Presence

"I'd rather miss you in your absence then neglect in your presence."

"Go out into the world today and love the people you meet. Let your presence light new light in the hearts of people."

"My solitude doesn’t depend on the presence or absence of people; on the contrary, I hate who steals my solitude without, in exchange, offering me true company."

"Human use, population, and technology have reached that certain stage where mother Earth no longer accepts our presence with silence."

"It is when we notice the dirt that God is most present in us; it is the very sign of His presence."

"We may ignore, but we can nowhere evade the presence of God. The world is crowded with Him. He walks everywhere incognito."

"Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it."

"Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies."

"Be so rooted in yourself that nobody's absence or presence can disturb your peace."

"A person's life purpose is nothing more than to rediscover, through the detours of art or love or passionate work, those one or two images in the presence of which his heart first opened."

"To keep our faces toward change, and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate, is strength undefeatable."

"True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice."