Presence State

Famous quotes containing the words presence and/or state:

“We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds.”
—Jean Rostand (1894–1977)

“The real stumbling-block of totalitarian régimes is not the spiritual need of men for freedom of thought; it is men’s inability to stand the physical and nervous strain of a permanent state of excitement, except during a few years of their youth.”
—Simone Weil (1909–1943)