Dogma does not mean the absence of thought, but the end of thought. — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“The spring which moved my energies lay far away beyond seas, in an Indian isle.” — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships. — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
“A positive mindset alone in the absence of hard work will get you nowhere.” — Ken Poirot Copy Share Image
Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Abstinence makes the arm grow stronger. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Success doesn't mean the absence of failures; it means the attainment of ultimate objectives. — Ed Bliss Copy Share Image
Peace is not merely the absence of visible conflict. Only a just peace based on the inherent rights and dignity of every… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
One of the things that's so striking about shamanism in the native context is the absence of mental illness. — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
The absence of high-quality friendships is bad for your health, spirits, productivity, and longevity. — Tom Rath Copy Share Image
When you hear that your neighbor or friend has reproached you in your absence or presence, then show love and praise him. — John Climacus Copy Share Image
Pleasure is the first good. It is the beginning of every choice and every aversion. It is the absence of pain in… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
The absence of any consideration of lesbian consciousness or the consciousness of third world women leaves a serious gap within this conference. . . . — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself. — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
When you start paying attention to diversity, you notice it (and notice its absence!). And based on the culture of your upbringing… — David Livermore Copy Share Image
It is the same among the men and women, as among the silent trees; always a referred existence, an absence, never a… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
One of the striking things about doing research on Malcolm X, and I believe that most Malcolm X researchers could tell you… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
Until recent times, absence of evidence for his [Jehovah's] existence has not been sufficient to rule him out. However, we now have… — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share Image
Angry men are blind and foolish, for reason at such time takes flight and, in her absence; wrath plunders all the riches… — Pietro Aretino Copy Share Image
Simplicity is not the absence of clutter, that's a consequence of simplicity. Simplicity is somehow essentially describing the purpose and place of… — Jonathan Ive Copy Share Image
“Beauty is not a warrant for wellbeing and so does happiness not hinge on social success, but is only tangible via intricate,… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
Think about one of the most powerful influences on a young child's life - the absence of a father figure. Look back… — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share Image
Speciesism is a failure to empathize with those outside one's group. In general, speciesists simply disregard the myriad nonhumans whom humans intentionally… — Joan Dunayer Copy Share Image
Religion is like our appendix, a vestigial remnant from a primitive past. Perhaps in a few millennia the god of Abraham will… — Jeff Schweitzer Copy Share Image
Now the code of life of the High Middle Ages said something entirely opposite to this: that it was precisely lack of… — Josef Pieper Copy Share Image
The United States have adventured upon a great and noble experiment, which is believed to have been hazarded in the absence of… — John Tyler Copy Share Image
“If this turns to friendship, it only means That one of us will suffer. That when we meet after the worst of… — Cyril Wong Copy Share Image
Peace is not merely the absence of warfare, any more than true health is simply the absence of disease. Nor is peace… — Anodea Judith Copy Share Image
Evil does not exist sir, or at least it does not exist unto itself. Evil is simply the absence of God. It… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
How can you raise the level of consciousness on this? How can you get the federal government to take the responsibility? Florida… — Lawton Chiles Copy Share Image
Faith isn't absence of doubt. It's belief without proof, not without question. — Rosemary Clement-Moore Copy Share Image
They say absence makes the heart grow fonder. I figure that's why my boyfriend left. — Anonymous Copy Share Image