Presence
The state of being present, or of being within sight or call, or at hand; -- opposed to absence.
The place in which one is present; the part of space within one's ken, call, influence, etc.; neighborhood without the intervention of anything that forbids intercourse.
Specifically, neighborhood to the person of one of superior of exalted rank; also, presence chamber.
The whole of the personal qualities of an individual; person; personality; especially, the person of a superior, as a sovereign.
An assembly, especially of person of rank or nobility; noble company.
Port, mien; air; personal appearence.
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Presence Quotations
That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God.
Albert Einstein
Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival.
Thomas Jefferson
The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened.
Albert Camus
I'm sorry that we have to have a Washington presence. We thrived during our first 16 years without any of this. I never made a political visit to Washington and we had no people here. It wasn't on our radar screen. We were just making great software.
Bill Gates
It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of man is tested.
James Russell Lowell
We convince by our presence.
Walt Whitman
Meryl Streep does things I would never have thought possible... Her presence on screen is outstanding.
Leonardo DiCaprio
The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.
Albert Schweitzer
Just remaining quietly in the presence of God, listening to Him, being attentive to Him, requires a lot of courage and know-how.
Thomas Merton
Presence Translations
presence in Afrikaans is teenwoordigheid
presence in Dutch is bijzijn, presentie, aanwezigheid
presence in German is Anwesenheit {f}, Gegenwart
presence in Italian is presenza
presence in Latin is praesentia presentia
presence in Spanish is presencia
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