Grace is not the absence of the struggle; it is the…

Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity.

— William Hazlitt

“Mental health is not the absence of struggle, but the presence of strength in managing it.”

— Wayne Chirisa

“Sustaining grace promises not the absence of struggle but the presence of God.”

— Max Lucado

Sin and grace, absence and presence, tragedy and comedy, they divide the world between them and where they meet head on, the Gospel happens.

— Frederick Buechner

“Allow your mind to be still and rest in His presence.”

— Rachel K Kidder

“I was thinking how most people don't make you feel much of anything at all. Don't make you feel like time spent with them…

— Jane Lotter

Throughout my years, I've had the pleasure of assembling and training what I believe to be the best group of people in the world.…

— Red Adair

In solitude, at last, we’re able to let God define us the way we are always supposed to be defined—by relationship: the I-thou relationship,…

— Richard Rohr

Seeing my children makes me come most alive. I come home and I see my kids' faces light up when they see me at…

— Richard Patrick

Many are observing Ferguson and witnessing the anger, demonstrations, looting and vandalism and calling for quiet. But quiet isn't enough. The absence of noise…

— Jesse Jackson

“A spark of every fire we seek is already within us.”

— Kamand Kojouri

When one is frank, one's very presence is a compliment.

— Marianne Moore

Racism has never been outright gone in the history of this nation, but I think we've had moments where everybody has been really fed…

— Jemele Hill

“Only through absence can we understand presence, he told me, and I understood that by then. I understood it well. After”

— Sarah Domet

When you approach something to photograph it, first be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence. Then don't leave…

— Minor White