Famous quotes containing the words real and/or presence:
“To be a real philosopher all that is necessary is to hate some one else’s type of thinking.”
—William James (1842–1910)
“When the whole world is writing letters, it’s easy to lap into the quiet within, tell the story of an hour, keep alive the narrating inner life. To be alone in the presence of one’s thought is not a value, only a common practice.”
—Vivian Gornick (b. 1935)