Absence Quote by Ivan Chtcheglov

One who returns to a place sees it with new eyes. Although the place may not have changed, the viewer inevitably has. For the…

— Louis L'Amour

Once you have had a glimpse of awareness or Presence, you know it firsthand. It is no longer just a concept in your mind.

— Eckhart Tolle

And it is strange that absence can feel like presence.

— Ally Condie

“The moment you realize you are not present, you are present. Whenever you are able to observe your mind, you are no longer trapped…

— Eckhart Tolle

It's a well known thing that ordinary perceptions can have a strange aspect when one is travelling.

— Kenneth Koch

You can't think about presence, and the mind can't understand it. Understanding presence is being present.

— Eckhart Tolle

Some things that are invisible and untouchable can nevertheless be seen and felt.

— Michael Chabon

“As a rule it is with our being reduced to a minimum that we live; most of our faculties lie dormant because they can…

— Marcel Proust

But can one not conceive of a presence, and of a presence to itself of the subject before speech or signs, a presence to…

— Jacques Derrida

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,…

— Eckhart Tolle

There are two kinds of travelers. There is the kind who goes to see what there is to see, and the kind who has…

— Adam Gopnik

“Presence is the practice of fully inhabiting where you are, with openness and attention, rather than rushing past toward what comes next. Presence does…

— Ajmal, from the book "Borders of the Inner World