absence Quotes

When I ask Plutarch about his absence, he just shakes his head and says, \'He couldnt face it.\' \'Haymitch? Not able to face something? Wanted a day off, more likely,\' I say. \'I think his actual words were 'I couldn't face it without a bottle,'\' says Plutarch.

Discouragement is not the absence of adequacy but the absence of courage.

absence can be present, like a damaged nerve, like a dark bird

There is an absence of democratic accountability and control in every sphere of government and the state. To address this debilitating legacy requires determined action and a deep commitment to transforming our society from a crisis ridden present into something all South Africans can be truly proud of.

The collapse of good conscience and the absence of accountability and public scrutiny have led to crimes against humanity and violations of international law.

Freedom can be manifested only in the void of beliefs, in the absence of axioms, and only where the laws have no more authority than a hypothesis.

Peace comes from the absence of fear, from a consciousness of trust, from a deep, underlying faith in the absolute goodness and mercy, the final integrity of the universe in which we live, and of every cause to which we give our thought, our time and our attention.

As a matter of constitutional tradition, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, we presume that governmental regulation of the content of speech is more likely to interfere with the free exchange of ideas than to encourage it. The interest in encouraging freedom of expression in a democratic society outweighs any theoretical but unproven benefit of censorship.

If there is an 'overabundance' of an idea in the absence of direct governmental action -- which there well might be when compared with some ideal state of public debate -- then action disfavoring that idea might 'un-skew,' rather than skew, public discourse.

Good health is not the absence of symptoms, it is the presence of peace.

Letters to absence can a voice impart, And lend a tongue when distance gags the heart.

Silence is not an absence of sound but rather a shifting of attention toward sounds that speak to the soul.

With what a deep devotedness of woe I wept thy absence - o'er and o'er again Thinking of thee, still thee, till thought grew pain, And memory, like a drop that, night and day, Falls cold and ceaseless, wore my heart away!

Art is the absence of fear.

I went to Berlin for a year and a half, and that's where I learned about culture and art and everything. Before that, I lived in total absence of culture. I come from a house where there was nothing like reading or art.

The absence of romance from my history will, I fear, detract somewhat from its interest; but if it be judged useful by those inquirers who desire an exact knowledge of the past as an aid to the interpretation of the future, which in the course of human things must resemble if it does not reflect it, I shall be content. In fine, I have written my work, not as an essay which is to win the applause of the moment, but as a possession for all time.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder

Fearlessness is not the absence of fear. It's the mastery of fear. It's about getting up one more time than we fall down.

I hoped my absence made them happy or at least made them forget that they weren't happy and never will be.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it.

Silence is not the absence of sound, but the absence of self.

Peace is not merely the absence of visible conflict.

In the absence of an effective general mythology, each of us has his private, unrecognized, rudimentary, yet secretly potent pantheon of dreams.

The absence of sentimentalism in Christ's relations with men is what makes His tenderness so exquisitely touching.

If you love someone, you are always joined with them--in joy, in absence, in solitude, in strife.

When you find inner peace, neither the presence nor absence of any person, place or thing, condition, circumstance, or situation can be the Creator of your state of mind or the cause of your experience of being.

Atheism is the absence of religion. We don't really need atheism. We just need to get rid of religion.

Absence cools moderate passions, and inflames violent ones; just as the wind blows out candles, but kindles fires.

The world sees peace as the absence of conflict or pain, but Jesus offers us solace despite our suffering.

In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia.