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presence of mind
«It boggles my mind that someone can see life breathed into a baby, watch the grass die and then come to life again, see leaves fall and watch the rebirth of a tree, or gaze on any of the majestic splendor that is this earth and not be overpowered by the presence of an Almighty God!»
Author: Bill McCartney
(Coach)
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Almighty, Almighty God, breathed, come to life, gaze, majestic, overpower, overpowered, overpowering, presence of God, presence of mind, rebirth, splendor, The Majestic
«A lover, when he is admitted to cards, ought to be solemnly silent, and observe the motions of his mistress. He must laugh when she laughs, sigh when she sighs. In short, he should be the shadow of her mind. A lady, in the presence of her lover, should never want a looking-glass; as a beau, in the presence of his looking-glass, never wants a mistress.»
Author: Henry Fielding
(Novelist, Playwright)
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admitted, beau, beaux, cards, in short, laughs, looking glass, mistress, motions, observe, presence of mind, sigh, sighs, solemnly, The Shadow
«If an individual has a calm state of mind, that person's attitudes and views will be calm and tranquil even in the presence of great agitation.»
Author: Tenzin Gyatso, The 14th Dalai Lama
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presence of mind
«Oh may I join the choir invisible / Of those immortal dead who live again / In minds made better by their presence.»
«It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of man is tested.»
Author: James Russell Lowell
(Critic, Diplomat, Editor, Essayist, Poet)
| About:
Mind
| Keywords:
metal, presence of mind, untried
«People wear all sorts of costumes and wander all around, but in their hearts and minds, they practice deception. They do not attain the Mansion of the Lord's Presence, and after death, they sink into manure.»
Author: Sri Guru Granth Sahib
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after death, costumes, deception, mansion, manure, presence of mind, The Mansion, wander
«O Nanak, you shall meet the True Guru, if your mind remains in His Presence.»
Author: Sri Guru Granth Sahib
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presence of mind
«She who enshrines her Husband Lord in her mind in this world - His Presence is revealed to her by the Perfect Guru.»
«Religion is nothing if it be not the vital act by which the entire mind seeks to save itself by clinging to the principle from which it draws its life. This act is prayer, by which term I understand no vain exercise of words, no mere repetition of certain sacred formula, but the very movement itself of the soul, putting itself in a personal relation of contact with the mysterious power of which it feels the presence -- it may be even before it has a name by which to call it.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| Keywords:
clinging, drawing power, draws, formula, personal relation, Personal relations, presence of mind, repetition, vital principle
