A Quote by Donald Hall

Your presence in this house is almost as painful and enormous as your absence.

Donald Hall

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Donald Hall
American - Poet
September 20, 1928 - June 23, 2018

Her absence in my life was so painful that it was a presence.

Karen Marie Moning

The only consolation I can find in your immediate presence is your ultimate absence.

Shelagh Delaney

Your absence of mind we have borne, till your presence of body came to be called in question by it.

Charles Lamb

You are my angel and my damnation; in your presence I reach divine ecstasy and in your absence I descent to hell.

Isabel Allende

When you hear that your neighbor or friend has reproached you in your absence or presence, then show love and praise him.

John Climacus

There is By my leaning over the precipice Of your presence and your absence in hopeless fusion My finding the secret Of loving you Always for the first time

Andre Breton

I sometimes ask people, 'Can you be aware of your own presence? Not the thoughts that you're having, not the emotions that you're having, but the very presence of your very being?' You become aware of your own presence by sensing the entire energy field in your body that is alive. And that is the totality of your presence.

Eckhart Tolle

Your absence is the presence of godliness.

Rajneesh

When you find inner peace, neither the presence nor absence of any person, place or thing, condition, circumstance, or situation can be the Creator of your state of mind or the cause of your experience of being.

Neale Donald Walsch

I cannot sleep in your presence In your absence, tears prevent me you watch me my beloved on each sleepiness night and Only you see the difference

Rumi

The past cannot survive in your presence. It can only survive in your absence.

Eckhart Tolle

Your absence weighs more than someone else’s presence

Jeffrey McDaniel

Practice sharing the fullness of your being, your best self, your enthusiasm, your vitality, your spirit, your trust, your openness, above all, your presence. Share it with yourself, with your family, with the world.

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence." (Harvard Business School definition of leadership)

Sheryl Sandberg

I have passed in ignorance through a cycle of many rebirths, seeking the builder of the house. Continuous rebirth is a painful thing. But now, housebuilder, I have found you out. You will not build me a house again. All your rafters are broken, your ridge-pole shattered. My mind is free from active thought, and has made an end of craving.