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title: "8 Absence Thought Quotes by 8 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Absence Thought quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Absence Thought sayings and thoughts."
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> [Perhaps out there, somewhere, someone is sighing for your absence; and with this thought, my soul begins to breathe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/petrarch/perhaps-out-there-somewhere-someone-is-sighing-for-your-absence-and/)

[Petrarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/petrarch/)

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> [Meditation is humility - the absence of thought, doubt, and ego.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/meditation-is-humility-the-absence-of-thought-doubt-and-ego/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/435/frederick-lenz-8_absence_meditation-is-humility-the-absence-of-th_1163075.jpg)

> [Clear prose indicates the absence of thought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marshall-mcluhan/clear-prose-indicates-the-absence-of-thought/)

[Marshall McLuhan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marshall-mcluhan/)

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> [“How do you know, poor fool? Perhaps out there, somewhere, someone is sighing for your absence'; and with this thought, my soul…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/how-do-you-know-poor-fool-perhaps-out-there-somewhere-someone-is/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [The greatest danger we face is not any particular kind of thought. The greatest danger we face is absence of thought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-steele-commager/the-greatest-danger-we-face-is-not-any-particular-kind-of-thought-the/)

[Henry Steele Commager](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-steele-commager/)

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> [There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-butler/there-is-nothing-so-unthinkable-as-thought-unless-it-be-the-entire/)

[Samuel Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-butler/)

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> [Absence of thought is indeed a powerful factor in human affairs, statistically speaking the most powerful, not just in the conduct of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hannah-arendt/absence-of-thought-is-indeed-a-powerful-factor-in-human-affairs/)

[Hannah Arendt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hannah-arendt/)

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> [“They are solid, real. I am an object, useful but hollow. The absence of thought fills me up.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marya-hornbacher/they-are-solid-real-i-am-an-object-useful-but-hollow-the-absence-of/)

[Marya Hornbacher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marya-hornbacher/)

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