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> [Peace is neither the absence of war nor the presence of a disarmament agreement. Peace is a change of heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-lamm/peace-is-neither-the-absence-of-war-nor-the-presence-of-a-disarmament/)

[Richard Lamm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-lamm/)

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> [One has to understand that braveness is not the absence of fear but rather the strength to keep on going forward despite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/one-has-to-understand-that-braveness-is-not-the-absence-of-fear-but/)

[Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/)

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> [Sometimes you can only feel something by its absence. By the empty spaces it leaves behind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gayle-forman/sometimes-you-can-only-feel-something-by-its-absence-by-the-empty/)

[Gayle Forman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gayle-forman/)

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> [Acting is the absence of acting. It's believing in the truth of the moment you are creating.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-busey/acting-is-the-absence-of-acting-it-s-believing-in-the-truth-of-the/)

[Gary Busey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-busey/)

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> [In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-greenspan/in-the-absence-of-the-gold-standard-there-is-no-way-to-protect/)

[Alan Greenspan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-greenspan/)

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> [Play is an expression of God's presence in the world; one clear sign of God's absence in society is the absence of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-yaconelli/play-is-an-expression-of-god-s-presence-in-the-world-one-clear-sign-2/)

[Mike Yaconelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-yaconelli/)

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> [Being brave isn't the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear but finding a way through it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bear-grylls/being-brave-isn-t-the-absence-of-fear-being-brave-is-having-that-fear/)

[Bear Grylls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bear-grylls/)

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> [Our family always had animals, but they became more important to me as the years passed because they helped me deal with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlon-brando/our-family-always-had-animals-but-they-became-more-important-to-me-as/)

[Marlon Brando](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlon-brando/)

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> [Our lives are fed by kind words and gracious behavior. We are nourished by expressions like 'excuse me' and other such simple…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-m-hays/our-lives-are-fed-by-kind-words-and-gracious-behavior-we-are/)

[Edward M Hays](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-m-hays/)

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> [Considering the absence of legal coercion, the surprising thing is that men have for so long, and, on the whole, so reliably,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-ehrenreich/considering-the-absence-of-legal-coercion-the-surprising-thing-is/)

[Barbara Ehrenreich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-ehrenreich/)

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> [Baseball is the religion that worships the obvious and gives thanks that things are exactly as they seem. Instead of celebrating mysteries,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-boswell/baseball-is-the-religion-that-worships-the-obvious-and-gives-thanks/)

[Thomas Boswell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-boswell/)

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> [For a long time - and this particular time with greater force than usual - summer has been a season that gives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-modiano/for-a-long-time-and-this-particular-time-with-greater-force-than/)

[Patrick Modiano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-modiano/)

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> [I am not afraid to lose one who jst was my frnd .. But I am afraid to lose tht person who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-am-not-afraid-to-lose-one-who-jst-was-my-frnd-but-i-am-afraid-to/)

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

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> [A morality that holds need as a claim, holds emptiness-non-existence-as its standard of value; it rewards an absence, a defect: weakness, inability,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/a-morality-that-holds-need-as-a-claim-holds-emptiness-non-existence/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

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> [Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap promptly warns…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-rosten/proverbs-often-contradict-one-another-as-any-reader-soon-discovers/)

[Leo Rosten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-rosten/)

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> [There is an absence of democratic accountability and control in every sphere of government and the state. To address this debilitating legacy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/there-is-an-absence-of-democratic-accountability-and-control-in-every/)

[Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/)

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> [The most difficult thing for spiritual seekers to do is to stop struggling, striving, seeking, and searching. Why? Because in the absence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/the-most-difficult-thing-for-spiritual-seekers-to-do-is-to-stop/)

[Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/)

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> [If I love the other person, I feel one with him or her, but with him as he is, not as I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/if-i-love-the-other-person-i-feel-one-with-him-or-her-but-with-him-as/)

[Erich Fromm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erich-fromm/)

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> [Hope? Hope is not the absence of tragedy, my friend. It is the conviction that tragedy can be endured. Hope is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/travis-beacham/hope-hope-is-not-the-absence-of-tragedy-my-friend-it-is-the/)

[Travis Beacham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/travis-beacham/)

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> [We must dissent from the indifference. We must dissent from the apathy. We must dissent from the fear, the hatred and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurgood-marshall/we-must-dissent-from-the-indifference-we-must-dissent-from-the-apathy/)

[Thurgood Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thurgood-marshall/)

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> [“Someone asked me, "What does it mean to be unforgettable?" and I answered, "Being unforgettable means having an absence that is felt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-joybell-c/someone-asked-me-what-does-it-mean-to-be-unforgettable-and-i-answered/)

[C. JoyBell C](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-joybell-c/)

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> [Hidden in all good fortune is misfortune. And in all misfortune is good fortune. It's never going to stay the same as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-dyer/hidden-in-all-good-fortune-is-misfortune-and-in-all-misfortune-is/)

[Wayne Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-dyer/)

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> [What I affirm is the intuition that where God's presence is no longer a tenable supposition and where His absence is no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-steiner/what-i-affirm-is-the-intuition-that-where-god-s-presence-is-no-longer/)

[George Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-steiner/)

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> [“Missing someone is the worst form of torture because it never goes away no matter where you are or what you do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-george/missing-someone-is-the-worst-form-of-torture-because-it-never-goes/)

[Caroline George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-george/)

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> [Courage, contrary to popular belief, is not the absence of fear. Courage is the wisdom to act in spite of fear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mcwilliams/courage-contrary-to-popular-belief-is-not-the-absence-of-fear-courage/)

[Peter McWilliams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mcwilliams/)

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> [The world belongs to who doesn't feel. The primary condition to be a practical man is the absence of sensitivity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/the-world-belongs-to-who-doesn-t-feel-the-primary-condition-to-be-a/)

[Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/)

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> [What if this were Hell, this absence of sleep, this poet's desert, this pain of living, this dying of not dying, this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leopold-sedar-senghor/what-if-this-were-hell-this-absence-of-sleep-this-poet-s-desert-this/)

[Leopold Sedar Senghor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leopold-sedar-senghor/)

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> [Absence cools moderate passions, and inflames violent ones; just as the wind blows out candles, but kindles fires.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld/absence-cools-moderate-passions-and-inflames-violent-ones-just-as-the/)

[Francois de La Rochefoucauld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld/)

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> [At the heart of all sales and marketing is the ability to create demand even in the absence of logic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-samit/at-the-heart-of-all-sales-and-marketing-is-the-ability-to-create/)

[Jay Samit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-samit/)

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> [As far as my absence from the public eye is concerned, that's because I'm publicity shy - something which is not considered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/priyanshu-chatterjee/as-far-as-my-absence-from-the-public-eye-is-concerned-that-s-because/)

[Priyanshu Chatterjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/priyanshu-chatterjee/)

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> [Absence extinguishes small passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out a candle, and blows in a fire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-la-rochefoucauld/absence-extinguishes-small-passions-and-increases-great-ones-as-the/)

[Francois La Rochefoucauld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-la-rochefoucauld/)

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> [For many Americans, including many who are employed, going to the doctor when they fall ill or become injured may not be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-nelson/for-many-americans-including-many-who-are-employed-going-to-the/)

[Ben Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-nelson/)

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> [The clear and simple words of common usage are always better than those of erudition. The jargon of the philosophers not seldom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-maurois/the-clear-and-simple-words-of-common-usage-are-always-better-than/)

[Andre Maurois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-maurois/)

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> [Inner disarmament, external disarmament; these must go together, you see. Peace is not just mere absence of violence - genuine peace must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/inner-disarmament-external-disarmament-these-must-go-together-you-see/)

[Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/)

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> [Freedom of the mind requires not only, or not even especially the absence of legal constraints but the presence of alternative thoughts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allan-bloom/freedom-of-the-mind-requires-not-only-or-not-even-especially-the/)

[Allan Bloom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allan-bloom/)

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> [“they come different and the same with each it is different and the same with each the absence of love is different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/they-come-different-and-the-same-with-each-it-is-different-and-the/)

[Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/)

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> [“Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it inflames the great.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-de-bussy-rabutin/absence-is-to-love-what-wind-is-to-fire-it-extinguishes-the-small-it-2/)

[Roger de Bussy-Rabutin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-de-bussy-rabutin/)

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> [“An absence of information is not the same as information about an absence.” We’re blind to our blindness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-johnson/an-absence-of-information-is-not-the-same-as-information-about-an/)

[Steven Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-johnson/)

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> [And one day they tell you that love doesn't exist between you two. And you start blaming yourself even after knowing that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shalini/and-one-day-they-tell-you-that-love-doesn-t-exist-between-you-two-and/)

[Shalini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shalini/)

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> [Peace is more than simply the absence of war; it is the absence of conditions that give rise to war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-dellums/peace-is-more-than-simply-the-absence-of-war-it-is-the-absence-of/)

[Ron Dellums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-dellums/)

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                        "text": "If I love the other person, I feel one with him or her, but with him as he is, not as I need him to be as an object for my use. Respect thus implies the absence of exploitation: it allows the other to be, to change and to develop 'in his own ways.' This requires a commitment to know the other as a separate being, and not merely as a reflection of my own ego. According to Velleman this loving willingness and ability to see the other as they really are is foregrounded in our willingness to risk self-exposure.",
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                        "text": "Hope? Hope is not the absence of tragedy, my friend. It is the conviction that tragedy can be endured. Hope is the spark in you that is not subdued in the face of the vast and callous indifference of the universe. Hope is that which is not shattered by hardship. Hope is the urge to fight what is wrong even when you know it will destroy you. Hope is the decision to love and need someone knowing that they will one day die. For me to promise that there are no obstacles would be the cruelest lie I could possibly tell. That lie is not hope. Hope is the will which needs no lies.",
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                        "text": "We must dissent from the indifference. We must dissent from the apathy. We must dissent from the fear, the hatred and the mistrust. We must dissent from a nation that has buried its head in the sand, waiting in vain for the needs of its poor, its elderly, and its sick to disappear and just blow away. We must dissent from a government that has left its young without jobs, education or hope. We must dissent from the poverty of vision and the absence of moral leadership. We must dissent because America can do better, because America has no choice but to do better.",
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                        "text": "“Someone asked me, \"What does it mean to be unforgettable?\" and I answered, \"Being unforgettable means having an absence that is felt just as much as your presence.\" An absence that is felt just as strongly as the presence. Today, people strive to become unforgettable and they believe the way to achieve this is by constantly reminding others of their attributes and their existence, lest they are forgotten. Lest anyone forget they are beautiful or talented or powerful. But that is not unforgettable; that is desperation. Absence is an attribute, this is what people do not know! Absence is an attribute just as much as presence is. When people feel your absence just as much, or perhaps even more than, they feel your presence-- this is what it means to be unforgettable.”",
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                        "text": "Hidden in all good fortune is misfortune. And in all misfortune is good fortune. It's never going to stay the same as long you are in the world or unless you die while you are alive and become an enlightened Zen Master. But those people don't exist. When you study their lives, you find that they had the same struggles as the rest of us. It's not so much about being able to always have calm. Calmness isn't just the absence of noise or troubles. It's being able to find calm within yourself when other stuff is going on.",
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                        "text": "What I affirm is the intuition that where God's presence is no longer a tenable supposition and where His absence is no longer a felt, indeed overwhelming weight, certain dimensions of thought and creativity are no longer attainable. And I would vary Yeats's axiom so as to say: no man can read fully, can answer answeringly to the aesthetic, whose \"nerve and blood\" are at peace in sceptical rationality, are now at home in immanence and verification. We must read as if.",
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                        "text": "“Missing someone is the worst form of torture because it never goes away no matter where you are or what you do with your life. When a person is gone and all you have of them is a fuzzy recollection of what it was like to hear your phone buzz with texts from them, the joy you experienced while in their company, that instance when the bond you shared shattered, you long for all that was lost and could’ve been gained. You have memories and nothing more. And no matter how much times passes, you still feel the ache of their absence whenever they rise into your thoughts. Torture.”",
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                        "text": "Courage, contrary to popular belief, is not the absence of fear. Courage is the wisdom to act in spite of fear…",
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                        "text": "The world belongs to who doesn't feel. The primary condition to be a practical man is the absence of sensitivity.",
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                        "text": "What if this were Hell, this absence of sleep, this poet's desert, this pain of living, this dying of not dying, this anguish of shadows, this passion over death and light.",
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                        "text": "As far as my absence from the public eye is concerned, that's because I'm publicity shy - something which is not considered good nowadays.",
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