absence Quotes

Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in this life.

The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence from Jerusalem of a lunatic asylum.

And it is strange that absence can feel like presence.

As contraries are known by contraries, so is the delight of presence best known by the torments of absence.

Total depravity means the entire absence of holiness, not the highest intensity of sin. A totally depraved man is not as bad as he can be, but he has no holiness, that is, no supreme love of God

Inner silence is not just the absence of thoughts. No! Silence is the blossoming of our indomitable inner will. Silence is our inner wisdom-light.

Mind is the absence of meditation. The moment meditation arises in you, mind is found nowhere.

Freedom doesn't mean the absence of all restrictions. It means possessing unshakable conviction in the face of any obstacle.

Creating a world that is truly fit for children does not imply simply the absence of war... It means having primary schools nearby that educate children, free of charge... It means building a world fit for children, where every child can grow to adulthood in health, peace and dignity.

it is inconceivable that poverty eradication can make much headway in the absence of major advances in literacy.

The Age of Reason has turned out to be the Age of Structure; a time when, in the absence of purpose, the drive for power as a value in itself has become the principal indicator of social approval. And the winning of power has become the measure of social merit.

In the absence of sound oversight,responsible businesses are forced to compete against unscrupulous and underhanded businesses, who are unencumbered by any restrictions on activities that might harm the environment, or take advantage of middle-class families, or threaten to bring down the entire financial system.

Sin and grace, absence and presence, tragedy and comedy, they divide the world between them and where they meet head on, the Gospel happens.

Racism is a system of power and in the absence of power you cannot be considered a racist.

In the absence of evidence to the contrary, always assume you have the upper hand.

Bravery is not the absence of fear but the forging ahead despite being afraid

It has seemed so strange to me that the larger culture, with its own absence of spirit and lack of attachment for the land, respects these very things about Indian traditions, without adopting those respected ways themselves.

An absence of antecedents and of relatives is sometimes an aid rather than an impediment to social advancement . . .

Poverty is the absence of all human rights. The frustrations, hostility and anger generated by abject poverty cannot sustain peace in any society.

I said peace is sometimes narrowly interpreted; it's the absence of conflict between nations or something. But peace is more inherent, more basic to human life, human beings, what we feel about each other, what we feel about life around us and what we see in our future.

In fall 1967, I was given leave of absence by the National Public Affairs Research Foundation to move to Redondo Beach, California, to work on a short-term research contract with TRW.

Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity.

Masculinity is part of a binary and requires its opposite, since, in the absence of femininity, masculinity would have no meaning.

Simplicity is not the absence of clutter,

If death is the absence of life, then death's death is life.

Bravery is not the absence of fear, but the action in the face of fear.

To know after absence the familiar street and road and village and house is to know again the satisfaction of home.

The absence of Saddam is a huge weight off the Arab world.

We have parts of our system which are overwhelmed by regulation. It wasn't the absence of regulation that was the problem. It was despite the presence of regulation you got huge risks built up.

Why does a woman carry a gun? Because, under our system, every citizen has the latitude to act in the absence of police; the latitude to act reasonably, to act immediately, to act in defense of self, to act in defense of another, to act with lethal force, to act with her acquired training and to act not in anger but to respond in purpose. To exercise the protections of that latitude in public policy, public interest and practical safety, all that is demanded of her is that she act reasonably under the circumstances.