Unseen Impact Quotes

Absence becomes the greatest Presence.

The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.

I was trying to come round to the idea that there might be an invisible reality capable of interfering in our lives, but the only reason I did so was because of a love I didn't want to believe I felt but which was continuing to grow in a subtle, devastating way. I was content in my universe and didn't want to change it at all, even though I was being propelled in that direction.

If those whom we begin to love could know us as we were before meeting them they could perceive what they have made of us.

You may not see it now," said the Princess of Pure Reason, looking knowingly at Milo's puzzled face, "but whatever we learn has a purpose and whatever we do affects everything and everyone else, if even in the tiniest way.

The thing that is important is the thing that is not seen.

You never quite know what you do in life that leaves a seed behind that grows into an oak tree.

No matter what he does, every person on earth plays a central role in the history of the world. And normally he doesn't know it

Not one of us knows what effect his life produces, and what he gives to others; that is hidden from us and must remain so, though we are often allowed to see some little fraction of it, so that we may not lose courage.

My life has been greatly influenced by many books which I have never read.

...People would make the decisions they wished to make and some of them would hurt both themselves and those who loved them, and some would pass unnoticed, while others would bring joy.

Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us, hovering, averting our eyes, and they seldom offer thanks, but what we do for them is never wasted.

You never realize the holes a person leaves behind until you fall into them.

I work through the actors, and the more successful I am, the less my work is apparent.

All invisible from where we stand the connections come to pass, and though too strong to comprehend they affect us not the less.

An arrow may fly through the air and leave no trace; but an ill thought leaves a trail like a serpent.

If I told you all the people that have secretly told me I've influenced them, you'd never believe it, and you'll never see it in print, either.

You may never have proof of your importance but you are more important than you think. There are always those who couldn’t do without you. The rub is that you don’t always know who.

Sometimes it is the simplest, seemingly most inane, most practical stuff that matters the most to someone.

An ordinary favor we do for someone or any compassionate reaching out may seem to be going nowhere at first, but may be planting a seed we can't see right now. Sometimes we need to just do the best we can and then trust in an unfolding we can't design or ordain.

Quality tends to fan out like waves. The Quality job he didn't think anyone was going to see was seen, and the person who feels it is a little bit better because of it, and is likely to pass that feeling onto others, and in that way the Quality tends to keep going.

This tremendous event is still on its way, still wandering; it has not yet reached the ears of men. Lightning and thunder require time; the light on the stars requires time; deeds though done, still require time to be seen and heard. This deed is still more distant from them than the most distant stars - and yet they have done it themselves.

Often the process of writing can feel like spitting into the ocean.

I want to be someone capable of seeing the unseen faces, of seeing those who do not seek fame or glory, who silently fulfil the role life has given them. I want to be able to do this because the most important things, those that shape our existence, are precisely the ones that never show their faces.

I'm pretty invisible, and that's just fine.