absence Quotes

Health is not simply the absence of illness. Real health is the will to overcome every form of adversity and use even the worst of circumstances as a springboard for new growth and development. Simply put, the essence of health is the constant renewal and rejuvenation of life.

Freedom is not the absence of limitations and constraints but it is finding the right ones, those that fit our nature and liberate us.

Wellness is not the absence of pain ..... But the absence of limitation

Joy was more than just an absence of discomfort.

My solitude doesn't depend on the presence or absence of people; on the contrary, I hate who steals my solitude without, in exchange, offering me true company.

Education is identical with helping the child realize his potentialities. The opposite of education is manipulation, which is based on the absence of faith in the growth of potentialities and the connection that a child will be right only if the adults put into him what is desirable and suppress what seems to be undesirable.

And even though he felt pitiful and ridiculous, he didn't want it to end, because he knew the absence of her would hurt more than any breakup ever could.

i felt her absence. it was like waking up one day with no teeth in your mouth. you wouldn't need to run to the mirror to know they were gone

True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it.

How acutely sometimes the presence or absence of people mattered

Anarchists believe that we can govern ourselves in the absence of coercive and centralized authority; the underlying premise about human nature (to use an infinitely problematized but necessary term here) is fundamentally positive. And the evidence that in disasters people are really pretty kind, generous, brave, resourceful and creative fed that.

There's been a lot of talk about black men and the presence and absence of black men in positions of power in American culture.

Peace is not just the mere absence of violence or disturbance. It's when there is a possibility of conflict, but you deliberately avoid violence and adopt methods to solve the problem through peaceful means. That is real peace.

Solitude is not an absence of energy or action, as some believe, but is rather a boon of wild provisions transmitted to us from the soul. In ancient times, purposeful solitude was both palliative and preventative. It was used to heal fatigue and to prevent weariness. It was also used as an oracle, as a way of listening to the inner self to solicit advice and guidance otherwise impossible to hear in the din of daily life.

Consensus is the absence of leadership.

Toxic thoughts leave no room for truth to flourish. And in the absence of truth, lies reign. Spend some time soaking in your favorite verses from Scripture tonight. The more we read God's truths and let truth fill our minds, the less time we'll spend contemplating untruths and toxic thoughts.

Just as darkness is born of the absence of light, the shadow side of our collective experience is born of ignorance of the underlying truth of the unity of life.

Your absence is the presence of godliness.

Since when does absence of evidence equate to evidence of absence?

In the absence of feedback, people will fill in the blanks with a negative. They will assume you don't care about them or don't like them.

Virtue is not the absence of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers; virtue is a vivid and separate thing, like pain or a particular smell.

In the 5 years, well over 60,000 American families have been broken apart by the absence of insurance because the only way for parents to get treatment for their children is to turn the custody of those children over to the State.

Night is real. Night is not an absence of light, but in fact, it is daytime that is a brief respite from the looming darkness

Faith doesn't mean an absence of fear. It means facing fear and trusting that God's goodness is greater.

Absence doth sharpen love, presence strengthens it.

Her absence in my life was so painful that it was a presence.

Peace is not simply the absence of conflict, but the existence of justice for all people.

The strength of your faith is not measured by the absence of doubt, but by the faithfulness of your life in the face of doubt.

Peace isn't the mere absence of violence; peace must come from inner peace. And inner peace comes from taking others' interests into account.

If God be near a church, it must pray. And if he be not there, one of the first tokens of his absence will be a slothfulness in prayer.